Compliance | July 29th, 2014 EBSA to Discuss Small Business Retirement Plan Options July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will conduct a webcast for small...
Compliance | July 24th, 2014 EBSA Schedules Health Benefits Seminars July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced that there will be two...
Compliance | April 14th, 2014 Iowa Investment Adviser Restores Funds to Pension Plans April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment adviser Donald Gene DeWaay Jr., based in Johnston, Iowa, has paid $341,487 to 68...
Compliance | March 28th, 2014 DOL Says 401(k) Trustee Failed to Perform Duties March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit to remove and replace a 401(k)...
Compliance | March 12th, 2014 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Weighs in on Fiduciary Rules March 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Congressional...
Compliance | March 11th, 2014 DOL Proposes Service Provider Fee Guides March 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking public comments about a proposed revision to fee...
Compliance | February 14th, 2014 DOL Acts to Distribute Terminated Plan Assets February 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has received a consent judgment and order allowing it to...
Compliance | February 11th, 2014 Time to End Complacency About Plan Errors February 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More defined contribution retirement plans are out of compliance with Department of Labor (DOL) and...
Ask the Experts | February 11th, 2014 (b)lines Ask the Experts – Allocating Investment Fund Settlement Checks February 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – “Our plan recently received a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement check for approximately...
Compliance | January 27th, 2014 SPARK Asks for Flexibility on Fee Disclosures January 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The SPARK Institute Inc., a lobbying group for retirement plan service providers, is hoping to...
Compliance | January 15th, 2014 Reps. Petition DOL on Fiduciary Rule January 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. House members belonging to the New Democrat Coalition asked the Department of Labor (DOL)...
Administration | January 2nd, 2014 Pension Funding Up Sharply in 2013 January 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The pension funded status of the U.S.’s largest corporations jumped by 16 percentage points in...
Compliance | December 5th, 2013 DOL Releases Updated Form 5500 December 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has released informational copies of the new Form 5500.
Compliance | October 2nd, 2013 DOL Audit Suggests More Alternative Investment Oversight October 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Labor (DOL) shows...
Compliance | September 17th, 2013 Income Projections: Showing Participants a Better Way September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) wants to know whether its proposal to show lifetime income...
Compliance | September 17th, 2013 A Conversation with the DOL September 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Assistant Secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi, with the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefit Security...
Compliance | July 24th, 2013 DOL Resolves Case of Illegal Pension Transactions July 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained a judgment in federal court against a...
Compliance | July 5th, 2013 DOL Sues Hospital Owners for Employee Benefits July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is suing the owners of a Louisiana hospital for...
Compliance | June 27th, 2013 DOL Extends Lifetime Income Comment Period June 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is allowing...
Compliance | June 11th, 2013 DOL Sues to Recover Misused Pension Funds June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed lawsuits seeking to restore $4.9 million of...