Compliance

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined former Prudential Securities executive Michael Rice and barred him from working in the securities industry for not putting a halt...

U.S. Representative George Miller (D-California) has introduced legislation that would increase the disclosures about 401(k) fees that are required to be provided to participants.

Seeking class action status on behalf of all plan sponsors, plan administrators and trustees of defined contribution plans in which Fidelity now serves or has served as a...

Twelve associations that represent employers who sponsor 401(k) plans submitted recommendations to the Department of Labor (DoL) on Tuesday on how to improve fee disclosure to participants.

A day after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the final version of its 403(b) rules, the Department of Labor (DoL) said Tuesday that the plans can be...

Experts say that the finalized 403(b) rules, released on Monday by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), represent a potential opportunity for plan advisers.

The Hartford Financial Services Group has agreed to pay $115 million to settle allegations by the states of Connecticut, Illinois and New York that it faked bids and...

NYSE Regulation, Inc. has censured and fined the Smith Barney Division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI″) for failing to supervise trading of mutual fund shares and variable...

In comment letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), neither group suggested that the SEC abolish the fees, asking that the Commission keep them, although perhaps with...

Retirement services trade group The SPARK Institute has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to continue allowing mutual funds to pay 12b-1 fees to retirement services providers,...

UBS has reached a $23.3 million settlement agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to quell allegations that the investment bank engaged in ‘steering customers into the...

That which we call a rose by any other name might smell as sweet – but that doesn’t mean you can call it a rose.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a proposed plan to distribute money in a Fair Fund as part of the agency’s market timing case against INVESCO...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday announced a $37 million payout to more than 300,000 investors who were harmed by Columbia Funds’ fraudulent mutual fund market...

NASD announced on Wednesday it has fined Securities America, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska, $375,000 for improperly sharing directed brokerage commissions from a mutual fund company with Michael Bullock,...

Advisers can count on new regulations relating to retirement plan fees and disclosures in the near future but it is unclear whether those will be authored by Congress...

Although plan fees might not be excessive, advisers and plan sponsors should consider whether they can be less.

I was on a panel at our recent Plan Designs conference, and the topic of qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) came up.

Just days after the dismissal of a similar case in a different jurisdiction, a federal judge has agreed that an excessive fee suit against Exelon Corp. can move...

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates conflicts-of-interest often exist for consultants to terminated or likely to be terminated defined benefit pension plans, but seldom...