Tag: EBSA

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration will host a Webcast on August 24 to inform plan sponsors and service providers about the EBSA enforcement program,...

I have watched with increasing interest the growing furor over the Department of Labor’s proposed new fiduciary definition.   

Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor of EBSA, told legislators it is imperative that impartial investment advice be accessible and affordable to retirement plan sponsors and participants.

At last week’s Northeast Area Benefits Conference, co-sponsored by the IRS and ASPPA, two Certified Public Accountants discussed the many moving parts of a retirement plan audit.  

There were three big disclosure announcements last week.   

In a live Web chat, Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the DoL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, said her staff is working to finalize its proposed amendment...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration will host a free Spanish-language retirement savings Webcast on June 22. 

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.