Tag: Fiduciary

“I am a fiduciary for our ERISA retirement plan. Can I reduce my fiduciary liability or even eliminate it entirely?”

Count employer stock purchases within ESOPs among the activities receiving significant scrutiny from participants, regulators and litigators. 

A Minnesota collision shop is being sued regarding its 114-participant 401(k) plan.

Those in the retirement plan industry hoping for a slowdown in ERISA-based lawsuits will be disappointed to read of a...

Participants in M&T Bank retirement plans accuse the company of unfairly promoting its own mutual funds at the expense of...

Litigation has increased retirement plan sponsors' focus on plan fees, and they need to know all their choices to make...

Some actions were made clear by the rule, but there are still grey areas.

403(b)s are still catching up with plan design and fiduciary best practices.

Though a plan fiduciary filed bankruptcy, he still owes court-ordered retirement plan contributions.

Bipartisan legislation already advancing in the U.S. House of Representatives suggests imposing a best interest standard through changes in the...

A district court found the requirement to allege an alternative action in a stock drop case applied to participants in...

One veteran retirement plan adviser predicts the real impact of the new DOL fiduciary rule will take shape over the...

The new platform helps minimize investment fiduciary risk and increases efficiency for retirement plan sponsors and advisers who work in...

Envestnet Retirement Solutions is providing fiduciary support for the selection of investment options.

Fourteen percent of retirement plan providers surveyed by SPARK Institute believe they will become an ERISA fiduciary for the first...

Experts say plan sponsors will see an expansion of fiduciary services, and sponsors and participants will be offered more information...

A new strategic partnership including Vertical Management Systems, Envestnet and United Retirement Plan Consultants will help deliver flexible fiduciary 3(21)...

Three senators introduced a resolution to stop the DOL’s new fiduciary rule, which they say will make retirement planning unaffordable...

The agency announced seminars in five locations across the country.

The final fiduciary rule is aimed at advisers, but plan sponsors will be affected by changing relationships with providers, communication...