Compliance

All three lawsuits filed in New York district court argue the company improperly favored its own investment options within the retirement plan offered to workers; the firm flatly...

A coalition of advisers and providers is making the case on Capitol Hill that dialing back DOL guidance supporting state-run retirement savings programs for private sector workers is...

Service providers to tax-qualified 403(b) plans already have certain federally mandated conflict of interest reporting requirements, but the Connecticut State Legislature may also step up and play a...

GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate suggests it is a federal government overreach for DOL to encourage or require states to offer workplace retirement savings programs for...

JPMorgan Chase Bank is now the target of another ERISA challenge against its own 401(k) plan, this one leveling many of the same complaints against the company found...

Even if the DOL leadership under President Trump declines to enforce a strict fiduciary standard, private litigators will undoubtedly pick up any slack if the administration fails to...

The underlying complaint suggests the retention of American Century's proprietary mutual funds in its own 401(k) has cost plan participants millions of dollars in excess fees.

The Reporting and Disclosure Guide for Employee Benefit Plans was prepared by the IRS as a quick reference tool for certain basic reporting and disclosure requirements under ERISA...

The new leadership at Department of Labor has published the rulemaking through which it hopes to delay the strict conflict of interest rules championed by the previous administration...

The long-running fight over the fiduciary rule took another (symbolic) step forward this week—but still there is little clarity as to what may unfold prior to the first...

Not only will IRS agents look for proof that the hardship was for an immediate and heavy financial need, they will be looking to see if plan sponsors...

The underlying stock drop litigation had already seen multiple rulings from a New York district court and the 2nd Circuit. 

A judge concluded that the legal and factual merits of plaintiffs’ claims are better resolved on a fuller factual record, either in the context of a motion for...

Federal agencies and initiatives carry significant momentum and must be redirected carefully, but forcefully, by any incoming president.

Speakers from the DOL will discuss basic fiduciary do’s and don’ts associated with operating an employer-sponsored retirement plan. 

A series of recent district court decisions show strong deference for the DOL’s right to promulgate a more aggressive fiduciary standard—how relevant the decisions will remain under President...

John Scott with Pew Charitable Trusts says there are some complicating factors that do not lend to a straightforward analysis of how this will affect those plans if...

The seminar will be held at Circus Circus Hotel on Thursday, March 23.

Whoever takes on the role of DOL Secretary will be tasked with overseeing the Trump administration’s response to the forthcoming fiduciary rule reforms. 

The lawsuit alleges the defendants failed to loyally and prudently monitor the fees and performance of 401(k) plan investment options, and simply retained in-house funds to enrich T....