Tag: DOL

The Department of Labor’s proposal will affect a prohibited transaction exemption that permits certain parties related to retirement plans to...

After months of operating on an interim basis, the Special Financial Assistance program for multiemployer pensions has been formally finalized...

Experts discussed what procedures plan sponsors can put in place and how to encourage participants to do their part in...

What is environmental, social and governance investing? And exactly how new—or not—is it?

A retirement plan provider that championed cryptocurrency for 401(k) plans has brought a lawsuit against the Department of Labor for...

Experts from Groom Law Group and CAPTRUST answer questions concerning retirement plan administration and regulations.

The lead regulator of employer-sponsored retirement plans says cryptocurrencies and other digital assets are subject to a variety of issues...

The agency’s notice of amendments pertains to prohibited transaction exemptions related to non-convertible debt securities, commercial paper and securities lending...

The three-part series will cover how ERISA applies to employer-sponsored retirement and health plans and offer information about avoiding common...

One important distinction to make when considering a pension risk transfer is the difference between fiduciary and settlor functions.

Lew Minsky, of DCIIA, offers four considerations for the Department of Labor’s rule about including environmental, social and governance factors...

The agency is looking to identify actions it can take under ERISA and other relevant laws to safeguard employees’ savings...

The Department of Labor announced judgments against a pair of plan sponsors to restore employees’ retirement plan contributions after ERISA...

Lisa Gomez, the candidate to serve as the DOL’s assistant secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, will now face...

The Department of Labor ordered the former trustee to restore $8.4 million and plan fiduciaries to restore nearly $1 million...

The Department of Labor’s supplemental statement is a tonal shift rather than a substantive change that reflects the continuing courtship...

Mohawk Hospital Equipment will transfer $431,000 worth of stock to participants and pay a fine.

The supplemental statement refines its June 2020 information letter on including private equity investments in participant-directed retirement savings plans.

He pleaded guilty after the DOL found he fraudulently collected between $15,000 and $40,000 from plan participants’ accounts.

A schedule to help plan sponsors track important due dates for their plan