The Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggested that retirement plan sponsors and participants should be made more aware of the risk that some investments may have distribution restrictions.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) sued a now-defunct company alleging it walked away from its 401(k) plan without distributing $1.3 million in assets to participants.
The DC Plan Investment Council is advocating that advice to participants by a plan adviser at the time of a distributable event should not be a prohibited transaction.
A lawsuit questioning Macy’s decision to continue offering company stock in its retirement plans following the acquisition of a troubled department store has won class action status.
At the ASPPA 401(k) Summit in Las Vegas this week, Brian Graff, CEO of ASPPA, and Greg Dean, General Counsel for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) sued Coin Builders LLC of Wisconsin Rapids and its president, Joseph Kreeger, to restore more than $1.3 million plus interest to the...
The Dodd-Frank Act, target-date funds, and the evolving role of a fiduciary were some of the topics Frederick Reish and Robert Kaplan touched on at the ASPPA 401(k)...
Those wishing to comment on a pending regulatory proposal to revamp the definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) now have more time...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule mandating that certain financial institutions keep away from compensation arrangements that encourage inappropriate risk taking.
The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) presented a statement this week at a Department of Labor-sponsored hearing regarding proposed changes to the definition of “fiduciary.”
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) had its turn Tuesday at the Department of Labor’s (DoL) hearing to address the proposed changes to the definition of...