Compliance

The proposal would amend various other sections in AICPA Professional Standards.

ERISA lawsuits often see a number of rulings, appeals and modifications before reaching a final conclusion—and the matter of Barchock vs. CVS is no exception. 

Generally, an IRS memo says, if the terms of the plan specifically allow the employer to vary the employee’s compensation used in the benefit formula, the plan would...

DC plan sponsors with individually designed plans can convert to a pre-approved plan now that the IRS determination letter program has ended.

The legislation would reform the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 701, which imposes a slew of regulations on small businesses, especially newly formed start-ups.

A federal court held that First Bankers breached its fiduciary duties to the plan’s participants by failing to conduct a prudent investigation into the fair market value of...

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...

President Trump signed a resolution passed by the House and Senate overturning the DOL rule about city- and municipality-run retirement plans for private-sector workers.

“The court should compel individual arbitration of [the plaintiff's] claims and, on that basis, dismiss the lawsuit, or stay the litigation pending the outcome of individual arbitration,” the...

The plaintiffs did not meet pleading standards set forth in Fifth Third v. Dudenhoeffer, according to a district court opinion.

The document is a volume submitter format and is designed to accommodate both ERISA and non-ERISA plans as well as church plans and plans for governmental entities.

The lawsuit contends layering of BlackRock proprietary funds within its TDFs causes excessive fees for plan participants.

The Lifetime Income Disclosure Act would require employer-sponsored plans to provide participants with statements detailing potential lifetime income from annuities.

Before ultimately finding plaintiffs' claims were time-barred, a judge found Putnam's mutual fund fees were reasonable and a comparison to Vanguard funds was "apples to oranges."

The bill amends the nondiscrimination rules to protect older workers in plans that have been closed or frozen.

The plaintiffs claim the defendants breached their fiduciary duties because a prudent fiduciary would not retain the American Beacon Funds, which were created by American Airlines' parent company,...

An organization comprised of industry advocates and businesses is set out to expand Americans’ access to retirement plans and protect the system’s retirement tax incentives.

 

Their “Retirement Ripoff Counter” shows that without the protections of the fiduciary rule, investors are losing $1.9 million an hour, $46 million a day—and $17 billion a year.

If workers could automatically roll their 401(k) plan over to a new employer, the Institute says this could generate an additional $2 trillion in retirement savings.

This lack of experience can lead to mistakes, ERISApedia.com says.