Compliance

One change in the law means that in many cases, a participant will have more time in which to effect a tax-free rollover of a plan loan offset...

The class-action suit had accused the company of making statements to artificially inflate Eaton’s stock.

U.S. Representatives introduced the Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act.

More important than the fact that individual brokers or executives are being punished is the recognition that retirement plans and large institutional investors are routinely subject to fraud...

Retirement plan fiduciaries must understand the expenses their participants pay to make trades and access investments, but their duty to monitor and ensure reasonableness is not limited to...

The total amount of net plan assets determines the applicable user fee now, not the number of participants.

Changes to the tax code will impact retirement planning beyond individual and pass-through business taxation; investing support tools and tax management platforms trusted by advisers have to make...

Alongside numerous proposed changes, employees who work for three consecutive years with at least 500 hours of service each year would have to be made eligible to participate...

Different limits and rules for retirement plans qualified in Puerto Rico may cause some operational issues for plan sponsors.

The settlement includes $12 million in monetary contributions, along with mandated administrative changes and the appointment of an independent monitor for the investment lineup. 

Even though there is no typical stable value fund, heading into 2018 there have been three typical types of lawsuits filed against fiduciaries offering stable value funds, according...

A federal district court judge has dismissed the university’s motion for reconsideration of its previous motion to dismiss, while simultaneously granting a motion to stay the litigation process...

The lawsuit alleged Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty under ERISA Sections 502(a)(2) and (3)—namely by setting predetermined interest rates artificially low...

The Wall Street Journal published an analysis this week suggesting “at least five governmental agencies have received fake comments challenging the agencies' rules,” including the Department of Labor;...

An appellate court found a divorce decree met all the requirements of a QDRO under ERISA.

Newly leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plans that borrow a large amount may find that their deductible expenses will be lower.

The Senate HELP Committee cleared Preston Rutledge’s nomination earlier in December; now the full Senate has approved his nomination to a post in which he will play a...

One ERISA attorney who specializes in defending employers against fiduciary breach claims says 2017 has delivered no shortage of important, potentially precedent-setting decisions involving employee benefits law; and...

The bill does not impact tax breaks for retirement savings, either by lowering the amount people can contribute or requiring some or all of the money to be...

In a series of sharply written, dueling reports, experts from the American Council for Capital Formation and CalPERS debate the proper role of environmentally and socially conscious investments—and...