Tag: ERISA

Recent actions from regulators show a focus on compliance and improved outcomes for participants.

The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued guidance designed to expand the use of income annuities in 401(k) plans.

Two senior U.S. senators are petitioning the government agencies that oversee qualified retirement plans to more actively protect pension plan participants’ rights during pension risk transfers.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced early this month that it would review parts of an important 401(k) fee litigation case, Tibble v. Edison, sparking intense debate across the retirement planning...

A federal district court judge has found a participant in the UBS Savings and Investment Plan (SIP) lacks standing to sue regarding the offering of UBS company stock...

As lawsuits over share classes move forward, can the investment policy statement (IPS) help the plan sponsor avoid litigation?

Another federal appeals court has ruled employers can eliminate retirement plan transfer provisions allowing employees to move assets from a defined contribution plan to a defined benefit plan.

Participants in the Citigroup 401(k) plan can move forward with their claims plan fiduciaries violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by offering affiliated funds in the...

The law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton says the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the closely followed 401(k) fee litigation case, Tibble v. Edison International.

John Hancock has ultimately been found not to be a fiduciary in a case alleging it charged excessive fees for investments offered in two Employee Retirement Income Security...

A recent U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing covered numerous retirement-related topics, including proposals to streamline plan-testing requirements and others that could radically change defined contribution (DC) plans.

There is an extensive amount of regulatory rulemaking going on in Washington that could impact retirement plans in the months and years ahead, and major tax reform proposals...

A company CEO’s signature authority for payments from the company’s bank account may make him an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary.

The retirement plan world of 1974, when the Employee Retirement Income Security Act was passed, is almost unrecognizable to the one we live in. 

For four decades, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) has provided a durable federal framework for employers that sponsor health and retirement benefit plans for...

Forty years ago on September 2, in response to failing companies resulting in workers losing pensions, sweeping legislation designed to protect workers from losing their earned retirement income...

A federal bankruptcy judge has affirmed the denial of recovery claims from retirement plan participants who indirectly invested in the now-infamous Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

The U.S. Solicitor General has filed a brief asking the United States Supreme Court to review parts of a widely followed 401(k) fee litigation case, Tibble v. Edison International.