Ask the Experts | June 18th, 2013 (b)lines Ask the Experts – Is Auditing More Lenient for Inactive Contracts? June 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) – An attendee at the recent PLANSPONSOR National...
Compliance | June 11th, 2013 DOL Sues to Recover Misused Pension Funds June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed lawsuits seeking to restore $4.9 million of...
Compliance | June 11th, 2013 DOL Offers Health Benefits Seminar in Oregon June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor is teaming up with the State of Oregon to offer...
Compliance | May 23rd, 2013 The Regulators Are Coming May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefit Security Administration’s (EBSA) budget has decreased for 2014,...
Compliance | May 23rd, 2013 DOL Announces Two Fiduciary Seminars May 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will be offering two seminars about retirement plan compliance...
Compliance | May 1st, 2013 Regulations: What’s Happened and What’s Coming May 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement plan sponsors have been dealing with several regulatory initiatives in the past year and...
Benefits | April 24th, 2013 DOL Webinar Will Help Employees Plan Finances April 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An April 30 webinar from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is marketed toward college...
Compliance | April 22nd, 2013 Ambulance Company Failed to Credit Employee Contributions April 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) says a bankrupt ambulance services company in LaVergne, Tennessee,...
Compliance | April 10th, 2013 DOL Budget Request Includes PBGC Premium Initiative April 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiscal year 2014 budget request mainly focuses on continued...
Benefits | March 19th, 2013 Mandatory Distributions Reduce Cost and Risk March 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – It can be costly for plans and their fiduciaries if participants with retirement accounts of...
Compliance | March 14th, 2013 DOL Guidance About Swap Clearing and ERISA Plans March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) requires that swap transactions go...
Compliance | March 8th, 2013 DOL’s TDF Guidance ‘Mischaracterizes the Market’ March 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Is the Department of Labor (DOL) stepping on toes with its guidance about target-date fund...
Compliance | March 6th, 2013 Regulatory and Legal DC Issues for 2013 March 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of attorneys discussed the regulatory and legal issues defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors should...
Administration | March 6th, 2013 PLANSPONSOR’s 20/20 Vision March 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –PLANSPONSOR names 20 institutional leaders of the past 20...
Compliance | February 27th, 2013 DOL Recovers $43M for Madoff Victims February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) reached a settlement to compensate employee benefit plans for losses...
Compliance | February 26th, 2013 What the DOL Has in Store February 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has released its regulatory agenda for 2013.
Compliance | February 25th, 2013 EBSA Hosts Free Small Business Webcasts February 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL's) Employee...
Compliance | February 21st, 2013 DOL Obtains $80M for Sherwin-Williams Participants February 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained $80 million for participants of Sherwin-Williams’ employee stock...
Compliance | February 4th, 2013 ING Settles with DOL on Processing Error Policy February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ING Life Insurance and Annuity Co. has agreed to settle allegations brought by the Department...
Compliance | February 4th, 2013 EBSA Schedules Fiduciary Seminar in San Francisco February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is offering its fiduciary responsibilities...