Tag: EBSA

The Pension Rights Center, a nonprofit consumer rights organization, believes that current safe harbor rules balance the interests of participants and beneficiaries, and the interests of efficient plan...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will publish in tomorrow’s Federal Register a notice proposing to extend and align the applicability dates for its...

There are still changes to be made to 408(b)(2), said Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi, speaking last week.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has requested comments on the proposed extension of three information collection requests (ICRs).

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is hosting a workshop on how to correct certain fiduciary violations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

The Principal Financial Group announced it has made the necessary adjustments for advisers and plan sponsors to comply with new retirement plan fee disclosure regulations.

The 2010 ERISA Advisory Council found significant problems with retirement plan audit quality, auditor quality, or both.

Federal regulators have released a final amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 96-23 that broadens transactions allowed for employee benefit plans whose assets are managed by in-house asset managers...

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is co-sponsoring a Webcast on April 12 to help women with retirement planning issues.

Federal regulators announced that the deadline for public comment about whether the term “fiduciary” should be expanded has been set for April 12, 2011.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will sponsor “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” Webcasts this week.

Stating that previous media reports on its position were unclear, the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) insists it and its affiliated organizations “strongly support” redefining...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) sued a now-defunct company alleging it walked away from its 401(k) plan without distributing $1.3 million in assets to participants.

The Dodd-Frank Act, target-date funds, and the evolving role of a fiduciary were some of the topics Frederick Reish and Robert Kaplan touched on at the ASPPA 401(k)...

Those wishing to comment on a pending regulatory proposal to revamp the definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) now have more time...

Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two reports focused on 401(k) plans. 

The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) presented a statement this week at a Department of Labor-sponsored hearing regarding proposed changes to the definition of “fiduciary.”

Paul Stevens, president of the Investment Company Institute (ICI), presented his organization’s statement to the Department of Labor (DoL).  

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) had its turn Tuesday at the Department of Labor’s (DoL) hearing to address the proposed changes to the definition of...

J.P. Morgan believes that the proposed regulations to redefine the definition of fiduciary should eliminate unnecessary and subjective standards.