Tag: retirement plan fees

The complaint includes allegations similar to those in many suits filed over the past few years.

The lawsuit says plan fiduciaries failed to ensure reasonable investment fees and mismanaged revenue sharing to pay for administrative expenses.

A judge found there was no evidence that fiduciaries of B. Braun Medical's retirement plan violated ERISA's duty of loyalty, but he denied dismissal of claims for breach of duty of prudence.

U.S. attorneys argue the Court of Appeals’ decision in a case against Northwestern University is incorrect and conflicts with decisions made by the 3rd and 8th Circuits in similar cases.

The settlement agreement also includes non-monetary provisions related to bids for administrative services and share class selections for investments.

The lawsuit alleges fiduciary breaches related to ensuring reasonable administrative and investment fees.

A court dismissed claims regarding KeyCorp plan’s stable value fund option but moved forward some claims regarding excessive administrative and managed account fees.

The complaint says fees charged to participants in the plan were "grossly excessive" because they were not based on the services provided.

The plaintiffs allege plan fiduciaries used what it calls ‘cobbled-together services from many providers’ and didn't monitor fees for any of them.

Plan fiduciaries' motions to dismiss the excessive fee suit were denied as a federal judge found the plaintiffs' claims were plausible.

Brenntag North America denied any wrongdoing regarding the alleged failures that plaintiffs said caused excessive investment and recordkeeping fees in its retirement plan.

The complaint against Wesco Distribution also alleges that the defendants chose higher-cost share classes for investments.

The judge found that plaintiffs in the case challenging the use of an actively managed TDF suite rather than its index version have pleaded sufficient claims.

One feature the new complaint has in common with suits filed previously by Capozzi Adler is its reliance on comparing the plan’s expenses for investments and administration services with a group of alleged peers.

Claims were also moved forward against defendant Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting related to a target-date fund (TDF) switch.

Fiduciaries of the multiple employer plan of professional employer organization (PEO) Nextep, Inc. are being sued over excessive investment and recordkeeping fees.

The proposed settlement agreement also includes non-monetary terms.

Participants of a terminated 403(b) plan say the plan sponsor's fiduciary breaches caused them approximately $4.6 million in losses.