The Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rule clarifies how retirement plan advice, one-time rollovers and annuity recommendations are viewed under ERISA.
The amended complaint against the Hess Corp. alleges Hess plan fiduciaries provided target-date mutual funds instead of collective investment trusts in the investment lineup.
Department is focused on several areas, including the need for clarity around when a participant educator is crossing the line into being a fiduciary and giving individual recommendations.
The American Council of Life Insurers expressed support for DOL regulation, instead of an interpretive bulletin, to address concerns about selecting an annuity provider in a PRT deal.
The Department of Labor alleges the plan fiduciaries at a tree service company used retirement assets from a profit-sharing plan to cover personal expenses.