Compliance

It’s not just private, for-profit employers who are being accused of fiduciary breaches by ERISA litigators.

The 9th Circuit will review whether the plaintiff can raise an “ongoing-duty-to-monitor” argument in his retirement plan excessive fee suit.

The spouse of a deceased participant in the plan argued that the provision’s requirement that she share the cost of arbitration violated ERISA.

The health system will pay millions to its plans and former participants and agreed to keep the plan sufficiently funded.

The Board identifies pensions and other post-retirement benefits as an area of financial reporting in need of improvement.

IRS is hosting a free webcast August 25 about the ongoing efforts of its Employee Plans Compliance Unit.

The case calls out one fund in particular, which it says “was larded with high fees and has suffered from consistently abysmal performance.”

The IRS mails a compliance statement to plan sponsors that have entered a VCP submission after proposed corrections have been agreed upon.

Allegations are similar to a number of other self-dealing lawsuits against fund managers this year.

The case stemmed from the activities of workers who reported on the trustee’s interference with collections and contributions from unionized employers.

“One of the steps to take before terminating your retirement plan is to make sure your plan document includes all law changes your plan was required to follow as of...

An IRS announcement will surely be welcome news to some plan sponsors, who have increasingly cited the issue of missing participants and beneficiaries as a top concern to...

The appellate court agreed with a lower court that the health provider’s pension plan did not fit the definition of ‘church plan’ under ERISA.

The bank will pay at least $60 million to ERISA plan clients.

Employers may be impacted by the rule if they provide to their employees information about HSAs that crosses the line from general investment education to investment advice, according...

The DOL notes that the program seeks to assist those workers who have traditionally lacked access to an employer-provided retirement benefits program or are otherwise less likely to...

A federal court has removed the plan’s fiduciary and replaced him with an independent fiduciary.

The Council will study participant plan transfers and account consolidation as well as cyber security concerns.

Appellate courts have ruled that the pension plans of Advocate Health Care and St. Peter's Healthcare System are not “church plans” under ERISA.

The bank has agreed to pay $335 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System.