Tag: ERISA

A survey of retirement plan sponsors from AARP suggests there is widespread support for holding more types of financial advice to a fiduciary standard.

It sounds like the ever-elusive free lunch—an investment strategy that reduces the potential for major losses while still pursuing the market’s strongest opportunities for growth.

This summer, the Department of Labor (DOL) will be holding free seminars about fiduciary responsibilities in Hartford, Connecticut, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is again seeking public comment on rule amendments proposed in 2010 that would change the way target-date funds (TDFs) are marketed.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will hold a phone forum next month about retirement plan terminations.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to recover losses to the Cargill Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Inc. Savings Plan in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Advocate Health Care Network in Illinois is the latest pension plan sponsor facing a challenge to its plan’s status as a “church plan.”

A federal court refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, holding that its retirement plan is not a “church plan” under the Employee Retirement Income...

Judging whether conflict of interest rules permit an adviser to recommend rollovers—under both current law and the pending fiduciary redefinition—hinges on three important considerations.

Ever wonder why so many different regulators are voicing concern over employer-sponsored retirement plan account rollover practices—especially rollovers into individual retirement accounts (IRAs)?

As new fiduciary rules mushroom, retirement plan advisers must keep instilling basics of fiduciary liability in plan sponsors and committee members.

Retirement advice professionals must confront some acute challenges in the months and years ahead to ensure their ability to support clients—and grow their own firms—remains intact.

A federal court judge has denied a motion for immediate review by an appellate panel of one of the ongoing “church plan” cases.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking approval to have an independent fiduciary appointed for an abandoned New York City retirement plan.

Same-gender couples need to become aware of the many workplace benefits and financial planning strategies that are now available, says James Mahaney of Prudential.

Retirement plan sponsors can outsource much of the work involved in filling out and filing annual Form 5500s, but they’re still responsible for the results.

The Department of Labor is presenting the “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” webcast series.

The overwhelming majority of clients feel their advisers are serving their best interests and meeting fiduciary responsibilities, according to research from the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).

A group of 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, threw its support behind expanded fiduciary rules pending from the Department...

The St. Louis-based law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton filed a class action on behalf of participants in the retirement plans of Novant Health Inc., seeking the...