Compliance

However, when pressed by a Democratic lawmaker from Ohio, DOL Secretary Alexander Acosta was not able to provide specific details about his agency’s collaboration with the SEC on...

The agency will accept determination letter applications for hybrid plans for a certain period and for merged plans on an ongoing basis.

Plan sponsors can look for new legislation and regulations that will have big effects on retirement plans this year, and state legislation could add some confusion.

Under the terms of a recently revealed settlement agreement, Vanderbilt 403(b) plan fiduciaries will have to contractually prohibit recordkeepers and other service providers from using plan participant data...

A mixed-bag district court ruling in Colorado closely examines the investment policy statements and contracts which governed the relationship between an advisory firm and a retirement plan committee...

The case made it to the Supreme Court, which ruled plans maintained by principal-purpose organizations can qualify as “church plans;” however, it did not rule that the hospital...

However, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did remand back to a district court the calculation of interest on the $7,367,382.13 in damages awarded.

The Department of the Treasury and the IRS use the Priority Guidance Plan to identify the next tax issues that should be addressed through regulations, notices and other published...

An IRS Revenue Procedure expands self-correction methods for certain retirement plan document and retirement plan loan failures and provides a new method of correction by plan amendment.

The ERISA Advisory Council explains that it is making this recommendation because it found evidence of noncompliance, especially in the small plan market, with the Employee Retirement Income...

The complaint suggests defendants “larded the plan with excessively expensive sub-advised accounts” that paid excessive fees to the recordkeeper John Hancock.

Aside from monetary relief, the settlement calls for Vanderbilt to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a new recordkeeper and stipulates factors to consider when evaluating funds...

The ERISA Advisory Council’s recommendations to the Department of Labor (DOL) include publishing guidance confirming that a named plan fiduciary may appoint a 3(38) investment manager to select...

The union plan’s board of trustees has agreed to pay $8.75 million and issue a request for proposals for recordkeeping and administrative services.

They are designed to increase plan sponsors’ and advisers’ awareness and understanding about basic fiduciary responsibilities when operating a retirement plan.

Speakers at a Brookings Institution event agreed that a financial strength criterion asking how sound is an annuity carrier should be a critical part in any annuity selection...

The court has ruled that the litigation can proceed to trial because SafeWay’s summary dismissal argument that the plaintiffs’ case is premised entirely on hindsight “misses the point.”

Last June, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized regulations to expand the opportunity to offer employment-based health insurance to small businesses through Association Health Plans (AHPs), but a...

The ultimate impact of President Trump’s new executive order is likely to be more symbolic than substantive when it comes to the real-world activities of retirement plan fiduciaries...

The relief on ERISA compliance applies to plan sponsors in Nebraska, Iowa and Alabama identified now or in the future for individual assistance by the Federal Emergency Management...