Compliance August 14th, 2025 District Court Rules ERISA Claims Against Amentum, DynCorp Can Proceed The government contractors are facing excessive-fee allegations, but a federal judge dismissed complaints about their improper use of forfeitures.
Compliance April 30th, 2025 Supreme Court Declines to Hear AT&T ERISA Case The justices did not comment on the case, which centered on prohibited transactions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,...
Compliance March 25th, 2024 Judge Rules for Molina, flexPATH in ERISA Case The District Court judge cited broad indexes as the appropriate benchmarks for plan TDFs in a ruling expected to be...
Compliance January 23rd, 2024 DOL Aims to Streamline PTE Application Process With New Rule The changes are intended to reduce the amount of time needed to finalize prohibited transaction exemptions for plan fiduciaries.
Compliance November 8th, 2023 Trade Groups Call for Longer Comment Period for Fiduciary Rule Proposals The proposals would apply fiduciary status to one-time investment recommendations such as rollovers and annuity sales.
Compliance September 11th, 2023 DOL Sends New Adviser Fiduciary Rule to OMB for Review The rule is expected to broaden when investment advice is considered fiduciary advice under ERISA.
Compliance July 7th, 2023 Judge Rejects Proposed Class Certification in Remanded TIAA Retirement Plan Case Given the appellate court’s ruling, the district court found no ‘single policy’ affecting all putative class participants from Washington University...
Compliance February 13th, 2023 DOL: More Time to Comment on Fiduciary Correction Program The Department of Labor has extended the public comment period for a program that would allow fiduciaries to self-correct for...
ERISA vista If Caught Off Guard by a Failure Advisers can self-correct some violations of PTE 2020-02.
Compliance Consult Compliance for Wealth Managers PTE 2020-02 cannot resolve all conflicts of interest.
Compliance July 27th, 2022 DOL Proposes Qualified Professional Asset Manager Exemption Changes The Labor Department’s proposed amendment to a widely utilized prohibited transaction exemption is meant to ensure the exemption continues to...
Compliance June 16th, 2022 Ready for PTE 2020-02 July 1 Enforcement? The July 1 enforcement date for the Department of Labor’s new best-interest rollover documentation requirements has been widely publicized, but...
ERISA vista Best Interest Reasons for a Rollover PTE-2020-2 allows for circumstances that outweigh an IRA’s costs.
Compliance February 1st, 2022 Caution Clients Against IRA Asset Class Mistakes A recent court case demonstrates why owners of self-directed IRAs should be careful about their investment strategies and asset classes—and...
Products June 10th, 2021 Fiduciary Decisions Factors PTE Into IRA Rollover Compliance Software The firm is experiencing a surge in B/Ds and RIAs requesting assistance with the new rule as the enforcement date approaches.
Compliance February 12th, 2021 DOL Confirms Fiduciary Prohibited Transaction Exemption Will Stand, For Now In the coming days, the agency will publish related guidance for retirement investors, employee benefit plans and investment advice providers.
ERISA vista The DOL’s Latest Proposed PTE How advisers who only do rollovers would avoid prohibited transactions.
ERISA vista A Return to Rollover Advice The DOL revisits the potential for adviser/client ongoing relationships.