Tag: retirement plan fees

The complaint calls out the warehouse club's use of "more costly ‘actively managed funds’ rather than ‘index funds’ that offered equal or better performance at substantially lower cost."

The agreement also calls for the university to issue an RFP for recordkeeping services and engage an independent consultant to review investments, among other things.

In other ways, the excessive fee lawsuit is identical to others filed by law firm Capozzi Adler.

In addition, it is waiving distribution and loan origination fees for COVID-19-affected participants and CARES Act-related plan amendment fees for employers through August.

The plan's investment adviser is also named as a defendant, accused of helping select and retain high-cost, poorly performing funds.

The lawsuit almost completely mirrors allegations in complaints recently filed by the same law firm.

The plaintiffs sued for failing to seek competitive bids for recordkeeping, but admitted to not knowing the amount Trader Joe’s paid in recordkeeping fees.

The lawsuit alleges the defendants did not try to reduce the plan’s expenses or exercise appropriate judgment to scrutinize each investment option that was offered in the plan...

The firms will credit back all recordkeeper fees on loans and distributions below $10,000.

At one point, the plaintiff was proposing a defendant class of all sponsors of smaller 401(k) plans that entered into program agreements with Nationwide through its Retirement Flexible...

Small 401(k) plans have larger costs than large 401(k) plans, but even plans with the same total assets can have different costs, an analysis from the 401k Averages...

The lawsuit says for at least 18 of the 27 mutual fund share classes available within The Vail Corporation plan, the same issuer offered a different share class...

A federal judge found Voya is a fiduciary with respect to the 404a-5 participant fee disclosures it provides for the retirement plan in which the plaintiff participates.

Repeating a number of excessive fee lawsuits filed, the complaint says the defendants did not try to “reduce the plan’s expenses or exercise appropriate judgment to scrutinize each investment...

The plaintiffs say defendants failed to utilize the lowest cost share class for many of the mutual funds within the plan, and failed to consider collective trusts, commingled...

Employees of the grocery chain accuse their employer of acting imprudently in the selection of retirement plan investment options and of failing to monitor the services and fees...

After ruling on motions about the reliability of certain expert testimony, an expansive decision issued in an ERISA lawsuit filed against SunTrust Bank dismisses some claims but allows...

The proposed class action lawsuit alleges plan fiduciaries allowed the plan’s recordkeepers and its investment adviser and/or trustee to receive excessive and unreasonable compensation.

A judge ultimately decided the plaintiff can only assert an action against Nationwide and her plan sponsor, and each of the 250,000 putative class members can only assert...

Safeway and Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting will pay a combined $8.5 million to settle two lawsuits accusing them of causing excessive fees in Safeway's 401(k) plan.