Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

Even after a previous compliant filed by the DOL, a fiduciary to the Applied Technology Systems Retirement Plan transferred plan assets to a company account.

About three-quarters of advisers in a Fidelity survey are anxious the DOL fiduciary advice rule will affect how they do business.

Trusted ERISA attorneys Fred Reish and Brad Campbell, of Drinker Biddle and Reath, cut through some of the “mishmash of conflicting rumor and speculation” surrounding the forthcoming final...

We’ve rounded up some of the reports and opinions—pro and con—about the fiduciary rule as it nears final approval.

The Republican party is still attempting to shoot down the fiduciary rule—almost certainly in vain.

Senator Johnny Isakson has introduced legislation designed to foil the fiduciary rule and amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is giving employers and service providers an opportunity to comment on how it collects and processes information, especially as it pertains to a...

Your DB plan sponsor clients should start reviewing their payment practices now, attorneys tell PLANADVISER.

 

The Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rule will be very hard to reverse once in place—even if Republicans take the White House.

A white paper from DST kasina LLC details how the DOL’s fiduciary rule could affect asset managers.

Officers of Alliance Home Healthcare illegally distributed assets of the company’s profit sharing plan, a DOL lawsuit claims.

The International Association of Machinists National Pension Fund and its board of trustees are facing a lawsuit.

The Republican-dominated House of Representative’s ongoing effort to halt the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rulemaking is starting to look a lot like its previous attempts to gut the...

The Obama administration intends to extend workplace access to a retirement savings opportunity to more than 30 million Americans.

The U.S. Labor Department filed a lawsuit against a Florida employer accused of imprudence in the valuation and sale of the company’s stock to its own employees. 

DOL proposal on state-run retirement programs promotes confusing patchwork of laws and a few unintended consequences, say industry groups ICI and SIFMA.

The DOL has obtained judgment to distribute $1.3 million to participants in a Georgia 401(k) plan.

From the headline-grabbing U.N. climate summit held in Paris to new DOL regulations on environmentally-minded investing by retirement plans, sustainability is clearly on the mind. How are providers...