The IRS proposal would provide guidance about any employer that has withdrawn from the plan and entered into a “make-whole” agreement to provide participant benefits.
While initiatives to expand retirement access get support, the DOL’s conflict of interest rule and the encouragement of state-run retirement plans do not.
The newly emerged text of President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed funding over the next decade to encourage wider use of...
After seeing their pension risk transfer lawsuits dismissed in both district and circuit court, tens of thousands of former Verizon employees hope SCOTUS will have more sympathy.
The Republican-dominated House of Representative’s ongoing effort to halt the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rulemaking is starting to look a lot like its previous attempts to gut the...
ERISA expert discusses the significant implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees, especially as it pertains to enforcing liens on retirement or health...
After years of speculation and an intense, ongoing retirement plan industry debate, the Department of Labor has advanced its conflict of interest regulations to the Office of Management...