Compliance

The final rules modify waivers and information requirements to better balance the burden of reporting with PBGC’s need for information.

Because an appellate court found claims against Marriott's plan were time-barred, it did not consider the question of whether the plan was a top hat plan.

Among the many provisions and definitions in the forthcoming DOL fiduciary rule will likely be an “education carve-out,” considered to be one of the most high-stakes elements of...

The IRS says if a benefit formula applies solely to a highly compensated employee who is identified by name, it does not apply to a reasonable business classification.

A federal district court has ruled for a second time on litigation arising from a dispute over verbal and written beneficiary designations.

The appellate court maintained that, under ERISA, a church plan must be established by a church, and Advocate Health Care Network's DB plan was not.

A retiree claims too many mailings sent to retirees and beneficiaries is incurring costs that affects what plans and plan participants pay.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will pay retirement benefits for more than 21,000 current and future retirees of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Firms that offer digital investment advice need sound governance and supervision, says the organization.

As former tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, Fidelity Investments’ Doug Fisher has watched major legislation and regulation unfold from both inside and outside government.

Even after a previous compliant filed by the DOL, a fiduciary to the Applied Technology Systems Retirement Plan transferred plan assets to a company account.

Trusted ERISA attorneys Fred Reish and Brad Campbell, of Drinker Biddle and Reath, cut through some of the “mishmash of conflicting rumor and speculation” surrounding the forthcoming final...

FINRA highlights the success of its recent compliance efforts in a new report, while signaling the beginning of a process to modernize and update its membership application process. 

We’ve rounded up some of the reports and opinions—pro and con—about the fiduciary rule as it nears final approval.

The Republican party is still attempting to shoot down the fiduciary rule—almost certainly in vain.

Senator Johnny Isakson has introduced legislation designed to foil the fiduciary rule and amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The IRS has been accused of mismanagement of its VCP program.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced an agreement that restores two pension plans to The Renco Group Inc., a private investment holding company based in New York City.

The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a direct (but not necessarily pivotal) role in shaping many of the SCOTUS decisions tracked in recent years by the...

Instructions from the IRS now tell plan sponsors to skip them.