Compliance

Due to new 403(b) regulations, plan sponsors and their advisers have faced the task of deciding on procedures for information-sharing to and from plan vendors.

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to tap U.S. Representative Hilda Solis (D-California) as the next Secretary of Labor, according to widespread media reports Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) recognized $1.2 billion in monetary results and helped spark 101 criminal indictments in fiscal year 2008, the agency...

President George Bush will sign into law a bill suspending a requirement that seniors take a required minimum distribution (RMD) from retirement accounts in 2009, the White House...

President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly chosen Mary Schapiro, CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PLANADVISER and sister publication PLANSPONSOR Editor-in-Chief Nevin Adams was interviewed on Fox Business this past Monday.

Now that the House and Senate have both, by unanimous consent, approved pension relief, the question is: Will the president sign it?

My eldest has been carrying a heavier than “recommended″ class load this semester.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said eight former employees of Fidelity Investments’ equity trading desk will collectively pay more than $1 million to settle SEC charges for...

A day after U.S. House lawmakers unanimously approved a sweeping pension reform measure, the Senate followed suit on Thursday with its own unanimous approval of the bill.

The IRS issued a notice Thursday announcing relief for 403(b) plans that do not have a written plan in place by January 1.

A broad pension relief measure approved by U.S. House lawmakers—including a one-year stop on the required minimum distribution rules—also includes a variety of other measures sought by business...

Three financial planning organizations—Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP), Financial Planning Association (FPA), and National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA)—said they have come together to...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 by unanimous consent.

According to Section 409A guidance issued Wednesday by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an employer is not required to report nonqualified deferred compensation...

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has been hit with two new stock drop class action lawsuits.

Two Republican U.S. Senators have introduced proposals to delay enforcement of retirement plan required minimum distribution (RMD) rules because of the struggling economy.

Almost one year to the day after Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials first proposed a series of procedures for correcting income inclusion issues with additional taxes under Section...

A federal judge in Kentucky has cleared an employer of charges it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by not including early retirement benefits in a...

The latest bulletin from the Internal Revenue Service, IR-2008-134, reminds low- and moderate-income workers they still have time to take steps to get the full benefit of the...