Compliance

The lawsuit accuses plan fiduciaries of failing to benchmark recordkeeping fees and failing to monitor investment fees, among other things.

The two items that may require an amendment relate to difficulty of care payments treated as compensation for 415 limits, and the application of cooperative and small employer...

One retirement plan industry executive says his conversations with members of the U.S. House and Senate make him optimistic that Congress could act sooner rather than later on...

The settlement is a victory for the increasingly well-known law firm Capozzi Adler, which has filed numerous ERISA excessive fee lawsuits in the past several years.

Experts say the president-elect could start the process of shoring up Social Security and embrace ESG investing.

A former Securities and Exchange Commission litigator who was at the regulator during the transition from the Clinton administration to...

Jay Clayton’s stint at the helm of the Securities and Exchange Commission included oversight of the Regulation Best Interest finalization and implementation process, among other important projects.

In the years since the Supreme Court handed a decision establishing strict standards for proving standing, very few stock drop cases have made it past the motion to...

Adding to a busy year of acquisitions for the aggregator firm, this will be CAPTRUST’s first location in Colorado.

The rule implements the registration requirements for PEPs pursuant to the SECURE Act

Plaintiffs claim that as a jumbo plan, Amway had substantial bargaining power regarding investment fees and expenses.

The IRS has issued final regulations on mortality tables to be used for calculating required minimum distributions, which reflect longer life expectancies.

The participants claim they were mislead and intimidated to sell their shares back to the company at a price significantly lower than fair market value.

A purchase agreement allowing the company to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy does not include the pension plan debts or assets, despite its comparatively strong funding position.

SECURE Act-based guidance from the IRS will allow for distributions of custodial accounts under rules similar to those that have been available for annuity contracts under a 403(b)...

The lead plaintiff in the suit says her employer, a large financial services company, has inappropriately prioritized its own investments within a profit sharing retirement plan offered to...

The defendants argued that they lacked standing to recover losses for investments in which they did not invest.

A former participant in the Allstate 401(k) plan accuses plan fiduciaries of keeping poorly performing target-date funds on the investment menu and as the plan's default investment.

The final version of the regulation emphasizes the importance of using only ‘pecuniary’ factors in the assessment of investment options within tax-qualified retirement plans, rather than expressly limiting...