Compliance

The newest U.S. senator—Al Franken (D-Minnesota)—will help ponder significant reforms in both the pension and health care arenas when he formally takes his seat in the chamber.

A Texas state district judge approved the start of a claims process for Texans who invested with a Houston company accused of scamming retired teachers, state workers, and...

Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed into law legislation enhancing registration requirements for investment advisers, dealers, and other personnel.

It may be of little consolation to his victims, but a federal judge gave Bernard Madoff a sentence that should keep him behind bars for the rest of...

Staff investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced their intention to get permission from commissioners to file civil charges against State Street Bank and Trust...

Northern Trust faces yet another suit over its securities lending program as fiduciaries of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s defined contribution plans filed a lawsuit June 23 in the U.S....

A female broker accused Bank of America (BofA) of gender bias by offering female former Merrill Lynch brokers lower retention payments than their male counterparts.

Faced with pressure to take another look at its February 2009 decision in a widely watched 401(k) excessive fee case, a federal appellate court has turned down the...

Three former financial representatives of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. have filed a $200 million lawsuit against the company for failing to pay them overtime wages under California...

Retirement plan fiduciaries may have another acronym to worry about—FBAR—which is another name for the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts.

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a judgment in federal district court that will lead to the distribution of $164,251 in 401(k) plan assets to 14 participants.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida declined to enforce arbitration clauses contained in account agreements between the City of Delray Beach Police and Firefighters...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is pegging a $1.4 million fine on Wachovia Securities for its failure to deliver prospectuses and product descriptions to customers who purchased...

A closely watched U.S. House bill mandating comprehensive 401(k) fee disclosures and dealing with plans providing investment advice made it out of committee on Wednesday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted unanimously to propose rule amendments to significantly strengthen the regulatory framework for money market funds.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalized its list of guidance documents issued in the last 45 years dealing with 403(b) plans declared obsolete in light of the...

It’s now been nearly three weeks since our Plan Designs conference in Chicago and, once again, I got so many interesting ideas, so much good information—well, I’m still...

Once two 401(k) plan administrators learned a dead participant’s common-law spouse was legally validating her marital status, the plans should have postponed distribution of the participant’s balance until...

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that Motorola Inc. and fiduciaries of its 401(k) plan did not breach their fiduciary duties under the...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently added updated tools to its Employee Plan Team Audit (EPTA) Web site.