Compliance

A federal court in Illinois ruled that participants of the Antioch Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan are not barred from moving forward with their claim that company fiduciaries...

A federal judge in Oklahoma has cleared a 401(k) plan administrator of wrongdoing in a dispute over whether the employer should be forced to repay the participant for...

A federal court has given preliminary approval of a settlement that would resolve lawsuits alleging breaches of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by Washington...

In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the National Association of Independent Retirement Plan Advisors (NAIRPA) calls for “focused disclosure” of target-date funds and said that...

Ford Motor Co. will provide free financial advice to retirees and employees as part of an agreement to settle a lawsuit claiming the company should not have offered company...

Pfizer Inc. did not breach its Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) responsibilities by giving an employee incorrect information about stock options granted under a non-ERISA plan, a...

 A federal judge has tossed out a stock drop case against Bank of America (BofA) that had alleged numerous fiduciary breaches in connection with BofA’s Merrill Lynch and Countrywide...

In response to the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration’s interim final rule on fee disclosure, the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) and...

A judge has moved forward claims against Bank of America (BofA) Corp., certain officers, and directors that they concealed intended bonuses and losses at Merrill Lynch & Co...

A Los Angeles-based law firm has launched an ERISA-based fiduciary investigation of Northern Trust.  

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is looking for some input on Roth 401(k)s.

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration is issuing a proposed rule that would supersede the existing procedure governing the filing and processing of applications for administrative...

The United States has asked a federal court to permanently bar a California man from promoting alleged sham pension-plan and welfare-benefit-plan tax fraud schemes.

A federal judge in North Carolina has moved forward a claim that Bank of America (BoA) unlawfully eliminated, or cutback, the separate account benefit afforded by 401(k) plans...

The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released the agenda for the upcoming joint hearing with the Department of the Treasury on lifetime...

Did 403(b) plan sponsors get it right?  

Most industry players responding to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed disclosure rules for target-date funds agreed with the idea of using charts and graphs to illustrate glide...

Three U.S. Senators, in a letter responding to Securities and Exchange Commission-proposed disclosure rules for target-date funds, recommended the agency expand on its proposals.

The SPARK Institute has released for public comment draft Best Practices for ERISA-covered 403(b) plans that must file a full Form 5500.