Tag: Legislation

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to introduce rules "in the next few weeks" that would give shareholders in 2011 a vote on the pay packages of top...

Two national business groups have gone to court to challenge the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proxy access rule.

In two white papers, the Transamerica Life Insurance Company attempts to help advisers educate themselves about the new legislation, as well as help them educate their clients.

We have long lamented the reality that only about half of this nation’s workers have access to some kind of workplace-based retirement vehicle, and with...

U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) has introduced legislation that, when fully phased in, would give nearly 42 million Americans an “easy, effective way to take responsibility...

Last week, members of the House and Senate conference committee announced that they had reached a compromise on the financial services reform bill.  

The Lanier Law Firm is investigating possible legal claims related to a 401(k) retirement plan for U.S. employees of BP.  

The House of Representatives has, by a margin of 417-to-1, passed a bill containing pension relief. 

The SPARK Institute has expressed its opposition to the defined contribution plan fee disclosure provision in the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213).

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that provides for defined contribution plan fee disclosure and temporarily eases pension funding requirements.

A bill that has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would impose new disclosure requirements on defined contribution plans.

A Washington, D.C., senior-citizen advocacy group today said it applauds a new piece of legislation that would create an inflation measurement based on expenses typically borne by seniors.

While there are many legislative and regulatory proposals that could affect retirement plans, the financial reform bill and fee disclosure regulations are two actions to watch for next.

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has signed a bill that eliminates taxes on retirement income for senior citizens.

Two federal lawmakers have introduced a bill they say would boost employee-owned businesses through tax law changes.

Nationwide Financial is hosting a conference call Monday to help retirement plan advisers get ahead of upcoming retirement plan regulation and legislative changes, such as fee disclosure.

BlackRock Inc. and the largest U.S. business lobby groups are fighting to strike a provision in the financial regulations overhaul legislation that they say could harm millions of...

The impact of health care law on the future of qualified retirement plans.

Following the deadline for responses to the Department of Labor and Treasury Department’s request for information about lifetime income options in retirement plans, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

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