Compliance

Plan design can help retirement plans pass nondiscrimination testing.

The bill would address barriers to more S Corporations forming ESOPs.

The guidelines should be used to develop software for submissions to the Affordable Care Act Information Returns system.

A lawsuit says City National Profit Sharing Plan fiduciaries engaged in self-dealing and conflicted transactions.

While “top hat” retirement plans for executives are not subject to many ERISA requirements, there are still opportunities for plan sponsors to get in trouble with them.

Sixteen industry groups are asking the Department of Labor (DOL) to extend the comment period on the fiduciary proposal.

In his position as a chief research strategist with Russell Investments, Bob Collie sees a shifting retirement plan landscape—an industry facing critical challenges, but changing for the better.

Restriction of resources is not keeping the IRS from making sure retirement plans are in compliance.

Changing workforce demographics are driving retirement plan policy and law.

The DOL’s proposed fiduciary rule is deeply complex and potentially very wide-reaching, one experienced ERISA attorney tells PLANSPONSOR, suggesting absolute claims about its impact as yet deserve skepticism.

A retirement plan participant questioned his projected retirement benefit and a plan representative assured him it was correct, without further investigating.

Plan sponsors and advisers should keep in mind the fiduciary rule language issued by the DOL is just a proposal.

The proposed rule focuses on limiting incentives, protecting against discrimination and protecting privacy.

Reading media reports about how the DOL’s new fiduciary investment advice proposal will affect adviser practices, plan sponsors may be asking, ‘What does it mean for us and...

A study by the DOL has alerted the AICPA to some issues with retirement plan financial audits.

The DOL’s release of the reworded fiduciary proposal was a critical event for the retirement industry—so there was no shortage of either positive or negative commentary.

Recognizing that the fiduciary standard applies to a myriad of highly specific circumstances, the DOL tried with its new proposal not to disrupt relationships between retirement plan advisers...

The Department of Labor has shared long-awaited rule language that will fundamentally impact the way plan sponsors work with plan advisers, touching off a strong industry provider response.

New rule language outlined by the Department of Labor will increase the number of advisers and brokers required to act as fiduciaries for investment clients.

Legislation in the New York State Senate and Assembly would provide protections and new disclosures for retirees whose pension assets and accrued benefits are sold or transferred by...