Compliance

A federal judge in Georgia rejected claims SunTrust Banks breached its fiduciary duty by keeping company stock as an investment option in its 401(k) plan after it was...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is working to have new technology to handle tips and complaints in place by the end of the year.

The SPARK Institute, a retirement services trade group, is advising plan sponsors to not act hastily when deciding whether to offer in-plan Roth conversions as a result of...

A federal judge in Illinois ruled that a participant in the Verizon Communications cash balance plan is entitled to attorney’s fees for her long-running legal battle even though...

The former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) said the fiduciary definition proposal by the DoL is addressing issues already addressed...

In a conference call with the media, Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor at the Department of Labor, described the current fiduciary guidelines as being “arcane.”

For the first time in a generation, the Labor Department has taken another crack at the definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has accused four money management firms of violating their fiduciary duties by causing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to pension...

Employers with a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (NQDCP) that has not been amended to comply with Section 409A of the tax code have until year end to take...

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady announced that Angela Marie Hubbell has joined the firm's Chicago office as a partner in the Employee Benefits & Executive...

A federal judge in Missouri reversed his ruling and gave a St. Peters, Missouri-based silicon wafer manufacturer another chance to argue that a stock-drop lawsuit against it should...

The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed and final regulations concerning hybrid retirement plans.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) on Thursday released its long-awaited final rule governing a wide variety of investment option disclosures, including fees to workers in participant-directed individual...

Engineering giant Bechtel has agreed to an $18.5 million settlement of an excessive 401(k) fee suit.

With a Friday filing deadline looming, a retirement services trade group has asked for more time for 403(b) sponsors to file the Form 5500.

A settlement has been preliminarily approved in a consolidated class action lawsuit against National City Corporation.

A federal appellate court has agreed with a lower court judge that an employer was allowed to drop an option allowing participants to move defined contribution plan assets...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania made a mistake when he threw out a 401(k) excessive fee case against Unisys Corporation and Fidelity Management Trust Company, the Department of...

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by Nestlé Purina Petcare Co. to review an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the company cannot deduct from...

A federal judge in Michigan has thrown out a fiduciary breach lawsuit against State Street Bank and Trust filed by General Motors 401(k) participants over company stock-related losses.