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Judge Rejects Parts of DOL ESOP Expert Commentary in Fiduciary Breach Litigation
A complicated decision out of a Virginia district court weighs the merits of third-party expert commentary in ERISA litigation, in this case pertaining to an allegedly improper ESOP...
MassMutual Offers New Reports to Help DB Plan Sponsors
The report is being generated by MassMutual’s Defined Benefit actuarial and investment consultants with the goal of helping sponsors maintain an integrated actuarial and investment policy to manage...
Tax Time Is Over, But It’s Still a Great Time to Talk Taxes
An analysis from the American Institute of CPAs shows how clients can use their recently filed tax returns to map out a more efficient budget and investing plan...
Responsive Design of DC Plan Web Portals Greatly Benefits Participants
A new analysis from Corporate Insight underscores the continued proliferation of “responsive design” within retirement plan service providers’ web offerings—benefiting plan participants and sponsors.
401(k) Plan Participants Challenge Principal’s Management of TDFs
The lawsuit alleges Principal used proprietary investment vehicles, rather than other investment vehicles, and share classes with higher fees for the underlying TDF investments, to produce more income...
Joint Congressional Committee Seeks Adviser Input on PBGC Solvency
Under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the bicameral committee is charged with improving the solvency of multiemployer pension plans and the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.
SEC Proposes Revised Conflict of Interest Standards for Brokers and Advisers
It will take time for the fully detailed picture to emerge, but the SEC voted late Wednesday to propose new conflict of interest standards for how broker/dealers and...
Two-Thirds of DC Consultants Charge Fixed Dollar Fees
This is down from three-quarters last year, a PIMCO survey found
Court OKs Northern Trust DB Plan Change
A federal appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that a change to Northern Trust's DB plan benefit formula does not violate ERISA or the Age Discrimination in...
Pershing Reveals New DC Plan Oversight Tool
The solution is aimed at helping advisers and home offices realize better efficiencies and increase transparency in retirement plan management.
Determining Health Cost Needs in Retirement Is Complex
Although some retirees face catastrophic health care cost in retirement, EBRI found that most don't.
Groups, TIAA Filed Briefs in Support of University of Pennsylvania in 403(b) Plan Suit
One brief details the history of university retirement plans and argues that 403(b) lawsuits compare apples to oranges; another argues that hindsight cannot be used to challenge investment...
Ahead of Wednesday Meeting, Stage Set for Fiduciary Jurisdiction Test Between DOL and SEC
Experienced ERISA attorneys and retirement industry executives project some possible outcomes of the DOL and SEC conflict of interest reform process; some expect a broad new proposal could...
Retirement Industry People Moves
The Standard Adds Retirement Specialist to Denver Office; New Regional SVP for TPA Services at Pentegra; Industry Veteran to Serve as SVP and Sales Director at USICG; and...
Judge Keeps Former Committee Members in ERISA Church Plan Suit
Former committee members—who were not members at the time the complaint was filed—filed motions to remove themselves as defendants in the case; some of the motions were granted,...
SEC Signals Start of Formal Broker Fiduciary Rule Examination
Nearly a month after an appellate court unexpectedly quashed the DOL fiduciary rule expansion, the Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a date and time for its first...
Most Americans Do Not Know How Much Retirement Savings Is Needed
This is particularly high among Gen Z (69%), Millennials (64%) and Gen X (66%), a survey found.
Retirees Say Life Is More Expensive Than They Had Imagined
Health care costs, especially, come with sticker shock
Launch of Stradley Ronon Fiduciary Governance Group Reflects Litigation Trends
Amid a glut of retirement plan industry litigation and regulatory change, advisers are asking the twin questions of whether one owes a fiduciary duty to their client, and...
Advisers Say Active and Passive Investing Go Hand in Hand
Within U.S. equities, the asset classes they see the most promise in are technology and small cap.