Beginning with returns for the 2009 plan year, the Schedule SSA has been eliminated as a schedule of the Form 5500 annual return/report and is replaced with Form...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) have outlined practices used by financial services firms to strengthen...
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for seven plans covering almost 2,360 workers and retirees of the Chicago Sun-Times.
A New Mexico judge has approved an unusual plea deal in a securities fraud case allowing a former Albuquerque stock broker accused of fleecing clients in order to...
Admitting it was creating “tension” with the plan documents rule in federal benefits law, a federal appellate court has allowed an employer to correct a drafting error that...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold a free New York City workshop on September 1 about its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP)....
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) has introduced legislation that, when fully phased in, would give nearly 42 million Americans an “easy, effective way to take responsibility...
The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Department of the Treasury have announced a joint public hearing on issues relating to lifetime...
The Social Security Board of Trustees reported Thursday that the long-range outlook of the Social Security Trust funds remains unchanged from last year’s projections.