Compliance

Aside from government and non-electing church plans, is there really such thing as a non-ERISA 403(b), given the rules plan sponsors must follow now?

The Department of Labor (DOL) has received a consent judgment and order allowing it to name a new fiduciary to distribute the assets of a Captiva, Florida, retirement...

Two Department of Labor (DOL) lawsuits have resulted in plan trustees of an Aurora, Illinois, business being ordered to restore over $4 million in employee contributions and other...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will host a phone forum next month about the 2013 Cumulative List.

More defined contribution retirement plans are out of compliance with Department of Labor (DOL) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations than some might think.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for a plastic container manufacturer based in Trevose, Pennsylvania.

The Department of Labor has recovered assets and attained judgments against plan fiduciaries at a Kentucky-based pension plan.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against a Lilburn, Georgia contracting firm, on behalf of the firm’s retirement plan participants, to recover losses resulting from...

How participants deal with their 401(k) assets when they leave a company is under more scrutiny from FINRA, but retirement plan advisers are less likely to be affected...

For the third time in its history, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is using its authority to partition an insolvent employer’s participants from a multiemployer plan to...

Approval for an auto-enrolled retirement plan at the federal level is near unanimous, but there may still be some bumps to iron out.

Proposed legislation from Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) would expand access to privately run, portable retirement plans for all workers.

Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez, has filed a federal court brief disputing a district court’s dismissal of John Hancock’s liability in an excessive fee case.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) proposed amendments to its multiemployer regulations to make the provision of information to PBGC officials and plan participants less burdensome.

Financial advisers who propose alternative investments to their clients can expect increased, ongoing scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Department of Labor (DOL) has reached a settlement with Western Asset Management Company, a subsidiary of Legg Mason Inc.

The SPARK Institute Inc., a lobbying group for retirement plan service providers, is hoping to secure more flexibility from federal regulators regarding certain investment-related disclosure requirements.

A federal appellate court found two firms are successors for purposes of multiemployer plan liability for a closed business.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to expand its pre-approved defined benefit plan program to permit plans with certain cash balance features to be submitted by sponsors and...

A New York-based home-care agency and its former owners have resolved issues with the Department of Labor (DOL) regarding an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) offering.