Compliance

In the new complaint, participants attempt to offer more evidence for claims that were dismissed in another pending lawsuit.

The DOL alleged in all three cases that the firm approved transactions without undertaking the due diligence required of an ERISA fiduciary.

PBGC data shows the multiemployer program had liabilities of $67.3 billion and assets of $2.2 billion as of September 30, 2017.

The association argues that plaintiffs’ claims rely on hindsight, ask Fidelity to “follow the herd” and imply Fidelity should not align its interest with those of 401(k) plan...

House and Senate Democrats hope to pass legislation to “put union pension plans back on solid footing,” but their bicameral position in the minority makes this a tall...

Following the earliest stages of debate, both the House and the Senate seem to have backed away from major changes to deferred compensation arrangements, as well as from...

The agency also issued a reminder that a certain amount of flexible spending account assets can be rolled over to the following year.

The tables are to be used for determining contributions to DB plans and permitted disparity in DC plan contributions.

The lawsuit suggests Nordstrom should have offered managed accounts or collective investment trusts to participants in its 401(k) plan.

The suit alleges that defendants “breached their fiduciary duties by causing the plan to invest in funds offered and managed by Franklin Templeton, when better-performing and lower-cost funds...

The court found nothing in the plan document prevented the board of the Computer Sciences Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Key Executives to amend the plan to introduce...

The committee's initial focus will be on the corporate bond and municipal securities markets.

Among other changes of note for plan sponsors, the proposal “applies a single aggregate limit to contributions for an employee in a governmental section 457(b) plan and elective...

Employer and employee contributions to the multiple employer welfare arrangement were found in offshore Bermuda accounts.

According to a Sears announcement, following the making of a $407 million contribution, it will be nearly relieved of the obligation to make further contributions to the pension...

In addition, tax-exempt employers would be subject to additional taxation rules.

The 11th Circuit ultimately ruled that it is common sense to conclude that since a litigant can renounce his most basic freedoms under the United States Constitution, he...

The firm has agreed to pay $75 million to settle litigation brought by multiple retirement plan participants alleging J.P. Morgan invested its stable value funds in risky assets.

The memo lists actions plan sponsors should take to locate missing participants in order not to be challenged on violating RMD rules.

The lawsuit accuses General Electric 401(k) plan fiduciaries of violating ERISA by offering and failing to monitor funds in the plan that were managed by the company’s investment...