U.S. Senators on Wednesday unveiled a legislation package designed to help ease the financial strain on families and businesses due to the lagging economy.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday voted unanimously to improve mutual fund disclosure by requiring funds to provide investors a concise summary in plain English.
The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the board of directors of The Employee Ownership Holding Co. of Stockton, California, and Fife, Washington, for alleged violations of the...
A court ruled that a mutual fund company that engaged in a fee agreement with its investment adviser is not a “party in interest″ under the Employee Retirement...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official who has become the tax agency’s public face on the 403(b) regulations is scheduled to appear in a December 4 IRS Webinar.
A public fund trade group has posted a series of video files on the government’s 403(b) regulations in light of the fast approaching January 1 deadline.
A 401(k) plan sponsor did not engage in a prohibited transaction under § 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) because investment manager fees were not...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) said they will waive the initial set-up and annual system fees paid by investment...
Two former executives of transfer agent Putnam Fiduciary Trust were given permanent injunctions and ordered to pay civil penalties, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced.
The Texas management consultant whose name has been attached to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on participants’ legal rights to pursue fiduciary breach claims has no regrets.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has moved forward several fiduciary breach claims against Comcast Corporation for its handling of company stock retirement plan...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged privately held, registered broker/dealer Lazard Capital Markets LLC with failing to supervise three employees who spent more than $600,000 while 'improperly...
A Texas management consultant, whose lawsuit over 401(k) fiduciary breach allegations became the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on participants’ legal rights, has apparently run...
A federal appellate court ruled that a plan sponsor cannot rely on Florida state law to sue Merrill Lynch for allegedly aiding a plan provider in committing fraud...
The fiduciaries of BP Corp. North America Inc.'s retirement plans have accused Northern Trust Co. of breaching their fiduciary duties by not disclosing substantial securities lending losses.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will waive the requirements for Code Y reporting in 2008 of amounts deferred under 409A for nonqualified deferred compensation plans (NQDC).