The Department of Labor filed suit against fiduciaries of a medical corporation’s pension plan for using plan assets for personal expenses, citing multiple violation of the Employee Retirement...
The basics of fiduciary duties—overwhelming to some plan sponsors—can be an opportunity to provide critical education on fees and ERISA plan fundamentals.
A new paper from the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association outlines best practices for promoting retirement readiness in the defined contribution plan context.
A group of Republican senators led by Lamar Alexander urged the Department of Labor to give the public more time to weigh in on the fiduciary proposal.
One advisory team is urging retirement plan fiduciaries to reconsider the importance of index fund proxy voting rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Employees of small independent businesses would especially benefit from an expansion of accessibility and a simplification of rules applying to multiple employer plans, according to a report from...
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The DOL’s proposed fiduciary rule is complex and wide-reaching, one experienced ERISA attorney tells PLANADVISER, so the financial industry needs more time to digest the potential implications.
With so much industry attention fixed on the DOL’s proposed fiduciary rule language, plan sponsor clients will undoubtedly be asking, “What does it mean for us and our...
New rule language outlined by the Department of Labor will increase the number of advisers and brokers required to act as fiduciaries for investment clients.
Despite enormous industry attention paid to the case, some attorneys say a pending Supreme Court decision in the Tibble vs. Edison retirement plan fee litigation may not be...