A dentist was adhering to his fiduciary duty to 401(k) plan participants when he decided to wait until a December 31, 2008, plan valuation to make a distribution...
After the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ordered Merrill Lynch to pay $10.2 million in deferred compensation and punitive damages to two former brokers in Florida, the brokerage...
A coalition of retirement plan trade associations is urging the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to permit broader use of electronic communications to deliver disclosures under the 408(b)(2)...
J.P. Morgan Chase paid $384 million to American Century Investment Management after losing an arbitration over accusations of breaches related to the bank’s purchase of American Century.
U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Hilda L. Solis told lawmakers this week that the agency is not rushing on its re-proposal of a new definition of fiduciary.
Eight-four percent of professional service firms say compliance with regulations is their top concern when sponsoring retirement plans for the employees.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration announced two upcoming “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” webcasts.
Former Northrop Grumman employees failed to prove that the company intended to mislead employees with a contradiction from plan terms in its summary plan description (SPD).
A federal district court dismissed claims by defined benefit (DB) plan participants over the removal of an early retirement provision due to the plan’s critical status.