Tag: ERISA

With the determination letter program gone, Wagner Law Group is helping plan sponsors remain compliant with the IRS.

A court used plain language of the ESOP plan document to show the plan administrator's failure to implement participants diversification elections was "arbitrary and capricious."

The firm will provide 3(21) and 3(28) services through a tech-focused solution.

Both parties together filed some 1,000 pages of paperwork, which the court declined to consider in denying the employer's motion to dismiss, in which it argued its plan...

The lawsuit alleges that Voya charged the plan “an unreasonable asset-based fee of between 0.67% and 1.86% of the net assets invested in the various mutual funds offered...

Defendants pursued an “exceptionally imprudent investment strategy” with respect to a significant portion of the DST System retirement plan’s assets, plaintiffs claim, resulting in up to $100 million...

A review of fiduciary governance and the liability insurance policy can help 403(b) plan sponsors steer clear of the litigation whirlwind hampering the industry today.

In conversation with PLANADVISER, cybersecurity attorney and former SEC staffer Marlon Paz suggests it is absolutely essential for advisory firms to have a senior executive “not just appointed...

Comments submitted to the Department of Labor by experts with Morningstar warn the loose use of the term “clean shares” could jeopardize fiduciary compliance. 

A new publication from Research and Markets offers a highly detailed overview of what it takes to meet the many technical requirements of ERISA. 

In an ever-evolving fiduciary landscape, the tool aims to identify in real time issues that may put plan advisers at risk, such as the availability of lower-cost share...

The text of the decision to grant class certification, while only representing an interim step in this ERISA challenge, offers important insight into what it takes to prove...

Similar to the settlement agreement regarding the Ascension plan, the agreement includes provisions that mimic the provisions of ERISA.

The relief includes relaxed rules for hardships and loans and relaxed deadlines for filings and disclosures.

The Department of Labor and the White House have seemingly agreed to extend the applicability date of the full fiduciary rule and its accompanying exemptions by another year.

The complaint suggests the companies engaged in “Tammany-like” collusion to steer assets into more favorable investments; both providers have issued strong denials and requests for summary judgement. 

Cetera Expands Retirement Business; Mercer Expands Leadership in Detroit Office; OneAmerica Names West Coast Relationship Executive.

The complaint suggests plan officials ceded discretion to a provider to add any mutual fund it wished, “regardless of whether the funds were duplicative of other options, had...

A new report, “Everything You Wanted to Know About BICE But Were Afraid to Ask,” offers plan officials key insights on the requirements of the fiduciary rule and...

Participants successfully challenged Foot Locker’s determination of benefit accruals after the conversion of a traditional pension plan into a cash balance arrangement.