Compliance November 11th, 2025 Investor Coalition Says SEC Support for Forced Arbitration ‘Threatens’ Markets More than 60 institutional investors managing a combined $8 trillion sent a letter claiming the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision...
Compliance November 10th, 2025 Anticipating the Next Wave of ERISA Lawsuits Pooled employer plans could be the next big target in ERISA litigation, according to Jamie Fleckner, an ERISA defense attorney...
Compliance November 5th, 2025 Hess to Pay $850K ERISA Settlement The settlement will cover more than 6,000 current and former participants of the Hess Corp. Employees’ Savings Plan.
Compliance November 5th, 2025 IBM Faces ERISA Case Over TDF Performance The plan’s custom benchmark failed to properly track the investments, which underperformed similar funds, according to the plaintiffs.
Compliance November 4th, 2025 GOP Takes Aim Anew at ESG in Retirement Investing Senator Bill Cassidy’s reintroduced bill that would solidify guidance offered during President Donald Trump’s first term that fiduciaries must only...
Compliance November 3rd, 2025 Equity Returns on ESOPs Outpace S&P 500 More than 350 ESOP-owned companies in Stout’s valuation portfolio produced a 17.3% average annual return, surpassing the S&P at 11.9%.
Compliance November 3rd, 2025 Retirement Expert Says Social Security Not ‘Going Bankrupt’ Social Security has survived past solvency crises, but it is not clear to industry expert Marcia Mantell what action Congress...
Compliance October 31st, 2025 Understanding Distribution Taxes and Penalties Knowing how participants will, or won't, be taxed on their DC plan distributions
Compliance October 31st, 2025 Guideline Accused of Corporate Espionage by Human Interest Sharing trade secrets and other proprietary data are among the allegations made against Guideline and two former HI employees.
Compliance October 31st, 2025 ICI Pushes for ‘Robust’ Marketplace for Trump Accounts The Investment Company Institute said the new tax-preferred investment vehicle for newborns would ‘undermine competition’ if they were opened through...
Compliance October 30th, 2025 Northrop Grumman Settles ERISA Case Over Pension Estimates Retirees accused Northrop Grumman Corp. of allegedly misinforming pension participants about their promised benefits.
Compliance October 29th, 2025 Former Morgan Stanley Advisers Sue DOL Over ERISA Ruling Three ex-brokers allege the Department of Labor unlawfully aided the firm by issuing an advisory opinion that undermined pending compensation...
Compliance October 28th, 2025 Plaintiffs in Intel ERISA Case Appeal to Supreme Court The Supreme Court will take up the case's main outcome, after already ruling on a separate part of the case...
Compliance October 28th, 2025 Could Government Shutdown Delay Retirement Plan Limit Updates? Regardless of when the IRS publishes updates to various limits in defined contribution plans, the four-week-old government shutdown will not...
Compliance October 24th, 2025 Social Security Benefits to Increase by 2.8% in 2026 The average monthly benefit for retired workers will rise to $2,064 from $2,008, starting in January, following the announcement of...
Compliance October 20th, 2025 PRT Case Against Allegheny Technologies Dismissed A judge in Pennsylvania wrote that plaintiffs lack standing to sue Allegheny Technologies over a transfer of $1.5 billion in pension...
Compliance October 17th, 2025 Cornell 403(b) Plan Lawsuit Returns to District Court A district judge in New York will decide the next steps in the case alleging excessive recordkeeping fees in Cornell...
Compliance October 16th, 2025 Year-End Deadline Looms for Tax-Exempt 457(b) Plans Only weeks remain for advisers to guide tax-exempt 457(b) plan sponsors as they adopt amendments required by the SECURE Act...
Compliance October 15th, 2025 Former Employees Accuse Duke of Misusing Forfeitures Former employees allege that Duke University chose not to use forfeited funds to reduce retirement plan expenses, even though contributions...
Compliance October 14th, 2025 House GOP Bill to ‘Codify’ Trump Executive Order on Private Investments in DC Plans President Trump's original executive order does not amend any laws itself; it only instructs regulators to offer sub-regulatory guidance.