Compliance | February 10th, 2025 Churchill Holdings Settles ESOP Lawsuit Former employees claimed the company’s CEO converted plan assets for his and his company’s own use and benefit.
Compliance | January 22nd, 2025 Proposed ESOP Regulations Shelved Due to Trump Regulatory Withdrawal One of the president’s many executive orders issued Monday caused rules not already published in the Federal Register to be...
Compliance | January 16th, 2025 EBSA Offers Proposed ESOP Appraisal Regulations The rule would clarify the issue of 'adequate consideration' and replace a pending regulation first offered decades ago.
Benefits | September 24th, 2024 New Coalition Working on ‘Expanding ESOPs’ According to the group, its efforts can improve wealth-building efforts for American workers.
Benefits | June 10th, 2024 PSNC 2024: Secrets of Award-Winning Plan Sponsors Four award-winning plan sponsors shared ways they have improved their plans in order to better serve their participants’ financial well-being.
Deals and People | May 20th, 2024 Acquisition from Ascensus Will Expand Principal’s ESOP Business Deal will bring Principal's market representation to more than 2,000 ESOP plans and about 765,000 participants.
Compliance | May 16th, 2024 EBSA is “Working On” ESOP Appraisal Regulations Also known as adequate consideration, the ESOP community has been calling for share pricing regulation for years.
Compliance | November 10th, 2023 EBSA Head Lisa Gomez Talks Broadening Access to Retirement Benefits The assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration spoke to PLANSPONSOR about ‘Schoolhouse Rock,’ disparities in retirement...
Compliance | October 19th, 2023 2 ERISA Mandatory Arbitration Case Appeals Will Not Go Before Supreme Court The cases focused on ESOP valuation, and both rulings held that that mandatory arbitration and class action relief are not...
Compliance | October 4th, 2023 ESOP Creation Deterred by Lack of Valuation Rules, Report Says A report from Matrix Global Advisors found that ESOPs need clear rules on valuation, which SECURE 2.0 requires the DOL...
Compliance | June 1st, 2023 Senate HELP Committee Asks DOL to Focus on 6 SECURE 2.0 Provisions Areas including emergency savings and employee ownership were identified as 2024 brings more SECURE 2.0 regulatory deadlines.
Compliance | February 28th, 2023 Assistant Secretary Gomez Explains Upcoming EBSA Priorities Effective disclosure, SECURE 2.0 and ESG are at the top of EBSA’s short-term agenda, according to EBSA Head Lisa Gomez.
Compliance | December 21st, 2022 ESOPs Fables: What Does the Omnibus Do for Employee Ownership? SECURE 2.0 and the WORK Act, both found in the appropriations package, would reform ESOPs with the aim of making...
Deals and People | June 9th, 2022 2022 PLANSPONSOR Plan Sponsor of the Year Winners Announced Awards were given in nine categories representing various plan types and sizes.
Data and Research | May 11th, 2022 ESOP Participants Benefit From Higher Retirement Savings Employee-owners at S corporations can accrue benefits leading to superior retirement readiness.
Data and Research | February 2nd, 2022 ESOPs Provided Financial Resiliency to Employees During the Pandemic Participants in ESOPs were able to accrue larger balances than their non-ESOP counterparts, research found.
Compliance | January 6th, 2022 DOL Recovers Money for ESOP Participants The Department of Labor ordered the former trustee to restore $8.4 million and plan fiduciaries to restore nearly $1 million...
Compliance | January 5th, 2022 ESOP Sponsor Settles Allegations of ERISA Violations With the DOL Mohawk Hospital Equipment will transfer $431,000 worth of stock to participants and pay a fine.
Compliance | December 28th, 2021 Plaintiffs Allege ERISA Breach Against Chicago Consultant A new complaint claims that West Monroe ESOP participants who sold stock in the company did not receive fair market...
Compliance | December 23rd, 2021 Court Denies Summary Judgment for Lawsuit Against ESOP Fiduciaries The judge found that while the plaintiff might have released all his claims with a separation agreement, the lawsuit was...