Compliance

Frustration continues for working individuals 65 and older who are required to stop HSA contributions once enrolled in Medicare, but legislation is pending to fix that.

Plan sponsors may submit a determination of coverage request for four common types of DB plans.

A Kentucky appeals court reversed a lower court’s ruling that the beneficiaries of the Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) had standing to sue over risky hedge fund investments; but...

The case is similar to other cases that have been filed on the federal level challenging a pension’s “church plan” status, but this complaint alleges that the actions...

Though the contention in the lawsuit was over Eaton Vance’s use of mostly proprietary funds in its 401(k) plan, the settlement agreement only calls for a $3.45 million...

However, in a dissenting opinion, Senior Judge Jane Richards Roth says cases such as this one should be carefully scrutinized in order not to permit implausible allegations to...

FINRA accuses AXA of providing documents to plan sponsors and participants that misrepresented the credit quality of certain bond funds offered in group annuity contracts to 401(k) plans.

A final rule from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) allows smaller plans terminated by mass withdrawal to perform actuarial valuations less frequently, removes certain notice requirements for...

After a federal district court overturned final regulations on association health plans (AHPs) from the Department of Labor (DOL), the agency says “employers participating in insured AHPs can...

However, when pressed by a Democratic lawmaker from Ohio, DOL Secretary Alexander Acosta was not able to provide specific details about his agency’s collaboration with the SEC on...

The agency will accept determination letter applications for hybrid plans for a certain period and for merged plans on an ongoing basis.

Plan sponsors can look for new legislation and regulations that will have big effects on retirement plans this year, and state legislation could add some confusion.

Under the terms of a recently revealed settlement agreement, Vanderbilt 403(b) plan fiduciaries will have to contractually prohibit recordkeepers and other service providers from using plan participant data...

A mixed-bag district court ruling in Colorado closely examines the investment policy statements and contracts which governed the relationship between an advisory firm and a retirement plan committee...

The case made it to the Supreme Court, which ruled plans maintained by principal-purpose organizations can qualify as “church plans;” however, it did not rule that the hospital...

However, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did remand back to a district court the calculation of interest on the $7,367,382.13 in damages awarded.

The Department of the Treasury and the IRS use the Priority Guidance Plan to identify the next tax issues that should be addressed through regulations, notices and other published...

An IRS Revenue Procedure expands self-correction methods for certain retirement plan document and retirement plan loan failures and provides a new method of correction by plan amendment.