Tag: ERISA

By its nature as a fundamental mechanism of ERISA, the fiduciary standard applies to a myriad of highly specific circumstances playing out between retirement plan advisers and sponsors...

New rule language outlined by the Department of Labor will increase the number of advisers and brokers required to act as fiduciaries for investment clients.

After years of waiting, the retirement plan industry will later today see a revised “consumer protection proposal” from the Department of Labor that some expect to redefine ERISA’s...

A former SEC attorney says retirement plan participant lawsuits don’t benefit anyone, but he has launched a new initiative designed to hold plan fiduciaries accountable for their actions.

Retirement security will likely be jeopardized for more Americans because of the shift away from defined benefit (DB) plans and fewer workplace plans, a paper contends.

LandAmerica Financial Group will pay $5 million to settle claims it held company stock in its 401(k) plan when it was imprudent to do so.

The Department of Labor is hosting educational seminars during May and June that can help plan sponsor clients better understand their roles and responsibilities as retirement plan fiduciaries.

Significant retirement industry attention is fixed on the potential negative implications of a stronger fiduciary standard, but some advisers are actually looking forward to the new rulemaking.

Retirement industry advocates sent a letter to the SEC arguing fee disclosures regulations would also benefit participants of non-ERISA retirement plans.

A federal appellate court found a plan administrator cannot change the calculation of early retirement benefits for participants who terminated under an old version of the plan document.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval of two collections of information under PBGC’s regulation for reportable...

A federal district court has ruled float income is not a retirement plan asset belonging to participants.

A pension plan participant who claims he didn’t receive promised credit for service can proceed with his lawsuit. 

Blue Prairie Group is partnering with the Plan Sponsor Council of America to provide an online fiduciary training program for clients impacted by the Employee Retirement Income Security...

Automatic enrollment is touted as a must-use feature for defined contribution retirement plan sponsors to increase plan participation, but many plan sponsors cannot use this feature.

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is holding a Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program webinar in March.

A bipartisan group of U.S. House members penned an open letter to the Department of Labor that demands more detail be shared about the ongoing fiduciary redefinition effort.

Implications of two litigation outcomes in June 2014 depend on the type of employee stock ownership plan an employer offers.