Tag: Fiduciary

It covers service providers, administration, investments and plan governance.

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Clarifying regulations could help plan sponsors choose plan investments, the GAO says.

A construction company ceased operations in 2013 and has not paid 401(k) participants their plan assets, according to a lawsuit.

Plaintiffs in the case allege that Boeing breached ERISA fiduciary duties by permitting excessive fees to be charged to 401(k) plan participants.

A study commissioned by the Financial Services Institute says the amount is nearly 20 times the DOL’s estimate.

Focus on DOL’s fiduciary rulemaking is understandable—but there are other major regulatory changes in the works that will directly impact retirement plans.

There is perhaps no better venue than a marathon Labor Department hearing to show what practices and beliefs most divide an industry.

There are few, if any, regulations providing direct guidance on this matter.

The company’s suite of institutional retirement planning solutions will be offered to 401(k) plans recordkept by Wells Fargo.

The Department of Labor has released its agenda for next week’s public hearings to discuss the department’s proposed fiduciary rule changes.

The IRS employee plans unit will stop answering technical public questions shared via email in October.

ERISA dictates a list of best-interest requirements when managing terminated plan participants.

Transcripts from a tough SEC hearing called earlier this month show it's not just the Department of Labor considering changes to the application of the fiduciary standard.

With Tuesday’s deadline to submit comment letters about the fiduciary proposal, announcements came from many organizations.

Eight comment letters to the DOL address SIFMA’s concerns about the fiduciary redefinition, including what it sees as an unfair position on commission-based accounts.

The financial firm says the proposal has “unduly complicated” provisions.