Compliance

ERISA attorney David Levine offers a few thoughts about the potential road ahead for auto-IRAs and state-run open MEPs for the private sector.

One career actuary tells PLANADVISER unrelenting increases in PGGC premiums belie a lack of forward-thinking policy and are more likely to harm than help overall U.S. retirement readiness. 

Industry insiders are divided on whether this is a good idea.

States offering retirement planning solutions to private-sector workers got their first look at a few highly anticipated (and increasingly controversial) pieces of regulatory guidance this week. 

After much back and forth, an appellate court has finally dismissed a lawsuit against State Street Bank and Trust Company over its handling of the employee stock ownership...

The Internal Revenue Service is implementing new market rate of return rules for hybrid pension plans. 

Date of birth is critical for understanding who is affected by the changes in a Social Security claiming strategy.

However, in a statement of non-opposition filed with the court, Novant said it disagrees with the claims.

Congressional representatives seek to protect retirement investors and stall DOL fiduciary rule.

The group suggests other efforts to address the retirement savings crisis in America.

BP has won dismissal of several claims that it failed to monitor fiduciaries who oversaw company stock investments in its retirement plans.

PLANADVISER reached out to Marcia Wagner, principle with Wagner Law Group in Boston, for comments about the case.

A New York Congresswoman's bill would require more disclosure about hedge fund holdings.

The retirement planning industry already knew Boeing would settle the nearly decade-old 401(k) litigation, but a trove of new details emerged this week as both parties agreed to...

Employees can set up payroll deductions to fund their “my Retirement Account.”

Participants in an ESOP that purchased shares with a loan from the sponsoring employer made allegations that were not backed by evidence, a court found.

The lawsuit also hints that certain “best practices,” in part, resulted in many participants being improperly invested.

There is a concept in biology called punctuated equilibrium, in which long periods of stability are interrupted, rapidly and unpredictably, by meaningful change. It’s an apt metaphor for...

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 includes some good news about funding calculations and mortality tables, but there is some bad news in it too.

The Retail Investor Protection Act is likely to be vetoed by the White House.