Compliance

The sizable ERISA suit’s third amended compliant explicitly names as a defendant one of the advisory firms supporting NYU’s retirement plans.

Offering some preliminary commentary on the SEC’s newly announced adviser 12b-1 fee conflict of interest “amnesty” program, as it’s being referred to in the trade media, Wagner Law...

The DOL has entered into a settlement agreement with U.S. Fiduciary Services and three of its subsidiaries that provides for payment of more than $7 million to 42...

Under the new “SCSD Initiative,” the SEC’s enforcement agents will recommend “standardized, favorable settlement terms” for investment advisers that self-report that they failed to disclose conflicts of interest...

Since the 20% deduction of qualified business income means that a self-employed individual will be taxed at a lower rate than an employee performing substantially the same work...

Several provisions of the two-year budget bill affect retirement plans.

Relying on standards set forth by the Supreme Court in Fifth Third Bank v. Dudenhoeffer, an appellate court affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the case.

According to a press release on Senator Chuck Schumer’s website, the new law would create a Joint Select Committee to Solve the Multiemployer Pension Crisis.

The net result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is that many clients will have a lower effective tax rate, and this can have a direct impact...

A former office manager of New England Anesthesiologists, Inc. was found guilty of embezzling $120,313 in employee deferrals.

However, a federal judge change the class definition for the imprudent investment claims because class representatives were not all invested in the funds challenged.

Nearly $700 million was in recoveries from enforcement actions.

The complaint calls out the use of United of Omaha-branded mutual funds and target-date funds, as well as a guaranteed fund managed by United of Omaha.

In the case, the high court is asked whether an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claimant is barred from alleging a claim for breach of fiduciary duty...

Franklin Templeton's lawyers argued that while a Supreme Court ruling allowed the plaintiff to pursue an individual claim, he signed a waiver to not pursue class action lawsuits...

In a dense dismissal decision, the district court offers a reminder of the exacting pleading standards of ERISA and statues of limitations before roundly rejecting the plaintiff's allegations...

The underlying lawsuit will proceed and will test whether the firm acted imprudently or disloyally in discharging its discretionary fiduciary authority when including its own affiliated investment products...

Plan fiduciaries have been charged with breaching their fiduciaries duties under ERISA by selecting more expensive share classes of investments than were available to the plan.

In a statement, Cammack said, “We believe the claims have no merit and will be vigorously defending them.”

While a federal district judge had dismissed some claims last fall, the introduction of a new plaintiff in the case adds them back.