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When a plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) appoints an investment manager to manage a portion of the plan’s portfolio, the plan will frequently...

Retirement plan advisers can get their fiduciary responsibility questions answered during a Department of Labor (DOL) seminar in New York City.

A federal court order appointed an independent fiduciary for a Holtsville, New York retirement plan.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has released informational copies of the new Form 5500.

The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) is petitioning regulators for easy-to-apply guidance to add same-gender spouses to qualified retirement plans.

A Department of Labor (DOL) lawsuit has resulted in a supermarket chain, headquartered in Brookings, Oregon, to restore assets to its retirement plan.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court to recover plan assets from the fiduciaries of Omni Resources Inc., a Milwaukee-based information technology...

More than nine in 10 financial advisers continue to oppose a pending Department of Labor (DOL) rule change expected to broaden the definition of “fiduciary.”

Six years may be a good document retention yardstick, but advisers should warn their plan sponsor clients that it may not be right for retirement plans.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced the yearly maximum guaranteed benefit for a 65-year-old retiree will increase next year to nearly $59,320 from about $57,500.

A new website offers plan sponsors and advisers guidance on meeting fiduciary obligations related to employer-sponsored retirement plan fee disclosure regulation.

The two-week government shutdown in October delayed the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) work on the fiduciary redefinition, according to Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi.

A report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Labor (DOL) shows concern about the use of alternative investments in retirement plans.

“While we as advisers understand a lot of pieces of the puzzle, the plan sponsor doesn’t,” Keith Gredys, CEO and president of Kidder Benefits Consultants Inc., told attendees...

Fee disclosure is not something to fear but “an opportunity to differentiate yourself as a retirement-focused practice,” said Vincent Morris, president of Bukaty Companies Retirement Plan Services, at...

Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi, with the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA), said it has been engaged in a very vigorous focus on...

The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to know whether its proposal to show lifetime income projections on retirement plan participant statements is a solution to having inadequate income...

A recent white paper examined how improved transparency with target-date funds would help retirement plan fiduciaries better understand the funds’ holdings.

The type of adviser you are—fiduciary or nonfiduciary—dictates your business model, said Brad Campbell, counsel in Drinker Biddle & Reath’s Washington, D.C., office and speaker at the PLANADVISER...