Compliance

IRI’s basic argument is that empirical evidence shows the outsized role advisers and consultants play in boosting investing outcomes—and that these professionals should not face overly burdensome restrictions...

The legislation would take steps to provide additional anti-cutback protections for Teamsters, miners, and other unionized American workers who have paid significant sums into multiemployer pension funds.

The RETIRE Act would ensure employers make retirement information easily accessible online, while providing protections for employees who prefer to receive paper documents.

The American Retirement Association says that tax reform could be a disincentive for small businesses to offer retirement plans; however, as one reader shares, there are counter considerations...

In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs called the Fujitsu plan one of the most expensive in the country and specifically called out the design and implementation of the plan’s...

The American Retirement Association is calling for small business owners’ retirement plan contributions to be taxed at the business rate.

The richly detailed text of the complaint shows multiple individuals are accused of defrauding Great-West and depositing ill-gotten assets in a variety of U.S. banks, resulting in fraud...

The 2017 RA List is light on items.

Plan fiduciaries are accused of breaching their duties in the design, management, operation and administration of an active large cap U.S. stock fund offered as a core menu...

A federal district court denied a DB plan sponsor's attempt to pass liability for improper plan termination to its plan provider.

It appears some last-minute amendments have largely removed controversial provisions from the Senate’s version of tax reform legislation that would have had a big impact on governmental 457...

Four of twelve class representatives say the $75 million J.P. Morgan agreed to pay is not enough.

With the passage of the Senate’s version of tax reform, the stage is set for a bicameral conference committee process through which a select group of legislators will...

The lawsuit challenges the use of retail share classes for the plan's investment menu and revenue-sharing paid to the plan's recordkeeper.

Pavilion developed the quiz to gauge the knowledge of investment committee members and other professionals serving in fiduciary roles on ethics, conflict standards and fees.

Congress has periodically adjusted the cash-out limit over the years to reflect increasing costs of plan administration; however, the last time it was updated was 1997.

The judge addressed arguments related to commonality of 401(k) participants in the suit.

Siding with the district court, the 3rd Circuit ruled simply that “plan participant bargaining power … is not a substantive element of a top-hat plan.”

This affects the taxable wage base for permitted disparity in defined contribution (DC) plan contributions.

After asking OMB to review the delay, DOL decides to go ahead with it.