Compliance

According to the settlement agreement, the university has already made changes to the investment lineup for its 403(b) plans.

Although an SEC bulletin is directed at employees invested in HSAs, its description of useful HSA features depending on how investors use HSAs can be informative to plan...

A new client alert published by the Wagner Law Group urges advisory firms to review and consider an update to anti-churning policies, now that FINRA and the SEC...

An IRS compliance project found some profit sharing, including 401(k), plan sponsors did not understand when a complete discontinuance of contributions occurs.

A federal appeals court found a district court did not apply the correct standard of review in a case challenging the calculation of lump-sum payments from a defined...

Legal experts generally consider reconsideration of a judgment an extraordinary remedy, one which will be granted only sparingly; even so, a federal district court has admitted key mistakes...

The lawsuit claims the university failed to adequately benchmark fees, negotiate for better fees, or reveal true fees participants were paying.

The plaintiffs say that since these experimental funds were added to the plan in 2013, they have consistently underperformed their benchmarks, and have underperformed the funds they replaced...

A hearing focused on four bipartisan proposals, but a couple of witnesses also urged passage of the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018.

One day after a complaint was filed, Philips North America agreed to pay $17,000,000 to settle the lawsuit questioning its failure to offer a stable value fund and...

For calendar year 2019, the annual limitation on deductions for an individual with self-only coverage under a high-deductible health plan is $3,500.

A federal district court has ordered eye-care company Eye Centers of Tennessee LLC, its owner Dr. Larry E. Patterson, and its office administrator Raymond K. Mays to pay...

Despite Wells Fargo's admission and resolution of an error, the Chattanooga Fire & Police Pension Fund wants an accounting of all compensation the bank received while it was...

It would provide $500 million in support of employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) programs and would operate through the Small Business Administration.

A federal district court has entered a consent judgment requiring the fiduciaries of the Sonnax Industries’ employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to pay $2,225,000 to the plan.

Failure to do so could result in their tax-exempt status being revoked, which will affect their ability to offer 403(b) plans.

“Non-qualified deferred compensation plans will always be tax advantageous and a useful benefit,” Bruce J. McNeil, partner with The Wagner Law Group, told Plan Sponsor Council of America...

David Levine, principal at Groom Law Group, said there is a real chance of a big impact on the retirement plan agenda if Republicans take losses in the...

Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting and Lowe’s are being sued by the participants of the Lowe’s 401(k) retirement plan; the proposed class of plaintiffs puts forward a variety of...

This leaves the SEC’s revised conflict of interest standards for brokers and advisers as the leading alternative.