State Street Corporation has agreed to pay $333 million as part of a series of settlements with state and federal regulators over allegations it misled investors about the...
New York accounting firm Eisner LLP has issued a warning that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin sending questionnaires to 401(k) sponsors to gather information about their...
As expected, the Obama Administration has issued a request for information (RFI) to gather public comment about whether and how the government should promote lifetime income products in...
A federal appellate court has rebuffed a bid by former investment broker Nathan Chapman Jr. to overturn his conviction for fraud against the Maryland state pension system on...
ING’s U.S. Retirement Services business has unveiled a business-building program for advisers, consultants, and third-party administrators (TPA) for small- and mid-sized corporate retirement plans.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that a participant in TIAA-CREF annuity contracts met the requirements to change his beneficiary from his ex-wife to his long-time friend.
A federal court has ruled that cash balance plan participants are not due additional benefits because a summary plan description (SPD) failed to inform them of an offset...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hasn’t taken a position on climate change—but it has offered some new guidance on how firms should take that potential into account...
A federal judge in Illinois has turned away allegations by 401(k) participants at Kraft Foods Global that recordkeeping fees paid to Hewitt Associates were too high and the...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has released to the public online datasets of Form 5500 annual report/returns for approximately 800,000 retirement, health, and other...
A federal court judge has given preliminary approval to a partial settlement in a lawsuit accusing Hartford Life Insurance Co. and Neuberger Berman Management of entering into revenue...
A Pennsylvania law firm has announced it is investigating potential claims against Motorola Inc. in regards to company stock in its 401(k) plan and employee stock purchase plan.