Compliance | April 20th, 2007 Boeing Excessive 401(k) Fee Suit Moves Beyond First Legal Round April 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - A federal judge has turned away a Boeing Co. request to throw out a lawsuit...
Products | March 29th, 2007 CA Consultant Releases 401(k) Service Suite March 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Advisory Group of San Francisco has launched a suite of services to help employers...
Compliance | March 6th, 2007 Congressional Committee Hears 401(k) Fee Disclosure Testimony March 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Congressional hearing addressed Tuesday whether fees paid by 401(k) participants take too big a...
Compliance | March 2nd, 2007 SEC Suit Against Former Citigroup Execs Time-Barred March 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York threw out Securities and...
Compliance | February 28th, 2007 Court Tosses 401(k) Participants' Request for Investment Losses Relief February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a request for repayment...
Benefits | December 19th, 2006 Plan Sponsor Sues Principal over 401(k) Fund Revenue Sharing December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The sponsor of a 401(k) plan for employees at an Illinois racetrack is suing Principal...
Compliance | December 4th, 2006 A.G. Edwards Excessive 401(k) Fee Suit Passes First Hurdle December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has cleared the way for a former employee of A.G. Edwards to...
Benefits | December 4th, 2006 Report: 401(k) Plan Fees not too High December 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when many in the retirement services community and some influential lawmakers are...
Compliance | November 30th, 2006 GAO Urges Congress to Consider 401(k) Plan Fee Disclosure November 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urges Congress to amend the Employee Retirement...
Compliance | November 21st, 2006 FL Sheriff Sues Nationwide Over Fees November 21, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Florida Sheriff's Department has sued Nationwide Life Insurance Co., over allegations Nationwide's retirement plan...
Products | November 9th, 2006 Vanguard Cuts 529 Plan Expenses November 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan will reduce expenses across its lineup of investment options by...
Benefits | November 6th, 2006 PBM Fee Transparency Affects Employers' Performance Perception November 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey has found a link between perceived financial transparency of pharmacy benefit managers...
Compliance | September 22nd, 2006 Trade Groups Fuss over Fee Disclosure Proposal September 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several industry groups have complained bitterly to the US Department of Labor (DoL) over the...
Compliance | August 4th, 2006 DOL Says 12b-1 Fees Not 'Sales Commissions' Under PTE 77-3 August 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An advisory from the Department of Labor said that unrelated brokers of a 401(k) plan's...
Compliance | July 14th, 2006 Hartford Contingent Commission Suit Dismissed July 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District judge in Connecticut dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against The Hartford Financial Services...
Compliance | June 22nd, 2006 SEC Adopts New Fund-of-Funds Rules June 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to several forms and three new...
Compliance | March 3rd, 2006 Plan Fiduciaries and TPAs May Recover Fees After Settlement March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has decided that plan...
Benefits | November 17th, 2005 Survey Finds More Sponsors Minding Governance Ps and Qs November 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey has found that 85% of plan sponsors now have a written investment...
Compliance | August 9th, 2005 NJ Plan Charged with Spending $800k for 'Improper' Legal Fees August 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bankrupt New Jersey manufacturing company has been slapped with a US Department of Labor...
Benefits | June 13th, 2005 Survey: Road to DC Happiness Includes Fewer Investment Options, Advice June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution plan sponsors believe fewer investments options and more financial advice would best serve...