Compliance

In general, the Required Amendments List includes statutory and administrative changes in qualification requirements for individually designed retirement plans that are first effective during the plan year in...

The docket reports for two lawsuits filed against the university say counsel for the plaintiffs and counsel for the university have reported the cases settled.

The long-running litigation appears to be heading for a mediated conclusion, after a contentious discovery process that produced over 260,000 pages of documents and more than 20 depositions.

Proposed in April 2017, the Statement on Auditing Standards addresses the auditor’s responsibilities to form an opinion and report on the financial statements of Employee Retirement Income Security...

According to the docket report for the case, the parties report they have resolved the case.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously concluded that the challenge to the management of the University of Southern California’s retirement plans fell outside the scope of...

The Pension Analytics Group says the only solution is to reduce benefits across the board, or many of these plans will become insolvent and participants will end up...

Senators and co-chairmen Orrin Hatch and Sherrod Brown said they missed their stated deadline for voting on a package of solutions, but the Joint Select Committee on the...

Maximum Benefit/Contribution Limits for 2009 through 2019.

"The new legislation contains language addressing key IRI concerns including providing retirement plan participants with an illustration of how current savings would translate into an income stream in...

The relief relates to the verification procedures for retirement plan hardships and loans, timely remittance of contributions and loan repayments, and blackout notices, as well as the processing...

The lawsuit accused Matrix Trust Company of violating its fiduciary duties by making unauthorized transfers of participants’ accounts to a bank account maintained by Vantage Benefits Administrators.

In addition to a large payment to participants, the firm agreed to have an independent investment adviser assist in making decisions about the plan and its investments for...

The judge found insufficient facts alleging a flawed design in the Large Cap Fund offered in CenturyLink’s 401(k) plan, or alleging a flawed fund review process.

The assistance, along with benefit reductions, will help the plan avoid insolvency.

A lawsuit alleges a health care system in North Carolina falsely claims to be a governmental entity, allowing it to dodge ERISA requirements and protections for its retirement...

The bill would revive the myRA program and replace the Saver's Credit with a government matching contribution.

However, a federal district judge moved forward most claims in the self-dealing lawsuit concerning the company’s own 401(k) plan.

The pension insurance organization says the financial condition of both its single employer and multiemployer insurance programs have improved, but the latter program is still projected to be...

It has only been about a year and a half since large U.S. universities became the target of ERISA lawsuits, making for a fresh crop of claims and...