Compliance

An $8.2 million settlement has been preliminarily approved by the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in the consolidated class action lawsuit against Puerto Rico-based...

The Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a final rule that extends the applicability date for fee disclosure.

At a conference in New York City this week, sponsored by the IRS and ASPPA, Craig Hoffman, General Counsel for ASPPA, discussed several hot-button issues working their way...

Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will convene a hearing on July 12 at 2:30 p.m. to examine the role...

At the PLANSPONSOR National Conference, a panel discussed the challenges facing smaller (less than $10 million in assets) employer-sponsored retirement plans. 

Pressure is growing on plan providers as regulators and legislators continue to scrutinize fees and outcomes of defined contribution (DC) plans, according to a recently published study by...

A federal court has decided that a top hat plan participant has made adequate allegations of a merger that support her argument that the successor company owes her...

In a recent amicus brief, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis called for a federal court to overturn a decision in favor of a health plan provider that pre-authorized...

A recently introduced U.S. Senate bill would exclude appraisers of employee-stock ownership plans (ESOPs) from the U.S. Department of Labor’s new definition of fiduciary.

Zach Gronich, President and CEO of RIA in a Box, says that advisers who will need to register at the state level should be aware of the paperwork...

As part of its efforts to comply with the President’s executive order for agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory burden, the U.S. Department of Labor has launched...

The Chicago Regional Office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Programs Workshop.

Four out of 10 U.S. employers expect to spend more time governing their employer-sponsored retirement plans over the next two years, according to a survey by Towers Watson.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules that require advisers to hedge funds and other private funds to register with the SEC.  

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that AT&T did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Age Discrimination...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC will pay $153.6 million to settle SEC charges that it misled investors in a complex mortgage...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has come out with guidance on the timing of new requirements regarding security-based swaps under the Dodd-Frank legislation.

Those who have been waiting for the new Form 5500 EZ need wait no longer.

If you’re working with large retirement plans, and you’ve done a cash balance plan conversion, you may already be in the crosshairs of a new litigation trend.

The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) has responded to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) June 1 publication in the Federal Register.