Compliance

Two new large retirement plan fee complaints have already emerged in the first week of 2016, highlighting the substantial amount of fiduciary litigation risk still faced by plan...

The IRS is making changes to the program in anticipation of its elimination.

Part of the budget deal passed by President Obama includes legislation for church plans for which lawmakers have repeatedly pushed.

Henkel Corp. has agreed to pay more than $3.3 million to nonqualified plan participants for not withholding FICA taxes from their plan contributions.

New Jersey is the latest state to make a move toward a state-run retirement plan for private-sector workers.

The court is the first of the appellate courts to rule on recent church plan litigation.

The court rejected the argument that “bargaining power” of participants is a requirement for a plan to be considered a “top hat” plan.

Catholic Health Initiatives has won a lawsuit challenging its pension plan's church-plan status.

It also expands the exceptions for the 10% additional income tax on distributions for those younger than 59-1/2.

Callan’s DC practice lead looks back over a decade of industry development post Pension Protection Act. 

The end of 2015 has seen an expanding range of retirement plan litigation cases, notes ERISA attorney David Levine. 

Heading into the end of 2015 there’s little sign litigation targeting retirement plans will dry up. 

Fidelity was trustee to the 401(k) plans in question, but the lawsuit says it failed to monitor its affiliate in the day-to-day management of the funds.

Cerulli Associates does not anticipate a slowdown in adviser-mediated rollover activity in the foreseeable future—whether or not a strengthened fiduciary rule is approved by the DOL. 

Did you ever think so much controversy and confusion could be tied into one little word? 

It’s a particular skill of Congress to make the improbable appear promising—whether it comes to overturning the Affordable Care Act or, as was the case this week, delaying...

Fidelity has been fined $500,000 for failing to follow up on red flags that could have detected or prevented the theft of funds from senior investors.

The Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision is applied to retirement plans in IRS guidance.

The agency will post a notice about what's new for practitioners in January.

The list of changes in plan qualification requirements is used by retirement plan sponsors and practitioners submitting determination letter applications for their plan documents.