Compliance

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is publishing a final rule for transferring defined contribution (DC) plan accounts into a defined benefit (DB) plan.

Credit Suisse AG has received temporary approval to continue acting as a qualified professional asset manager (QPAM), after pleading guilty to criminal charges related to client tax evasion.

A Phoenix, Arizona, school district has settled an age discrimination suit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced results of a compliance project that checked whether retirement plan sponsors followed qualified joint & survivor annuity (QJSA) rules.

The Department of Labor has issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the compliance of health care premium reimbursement arrangements with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is hosting a webinar about the definitions of compensation used in retirement plans.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) annual report shows improvement in its single-employer program, but deterioration in its multiemployer program.

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Letitia James, New York City’s public advocate, is readying legislation that would create a board tasked with studying and establishing a centrally pooled pension fund for the city's...

Retirement plan sponsors should be on the lookout for prohibited transactions that may or should be revealed on the Form 5500 filing.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a case about whether premium subsidies are available for individuals who purchase health care insurance on federally-run exchanges.

State Street Corporation has revealed it is under investigation for its solicitation of asset-servicing business for public retirement plans.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to review an appellate court’s decision in a case concerning retirement plan recordkeepers and fees.

Midterm election results are often interpreted to mean different and contradictory things—but there appears to be some consensus in the retirement industry about the new political landscape in...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard statements Monday in M&G Polymers v. Tackett, about collective bargaining agreement (CBA) provisions for retiree health care benefits.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published an interim final rule to implement Form 5500 annual reporting changes for multiple employer plans (MEPs).

Federal employee benefit regulators have become aware of certain group health plan benefit designs that lack coverage for in-patient hospitalization services being promoted to employers.

The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a nearly $2 million voluntary correction by Cox Enterprises Inc. after the Atlanta, Georgia-based company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security...

An appeals court has opened the door for the requirement that an ERISA plan’s investment guidelines be disclosed to participants upon request.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the requirement for health plans to obtain a health plan identifier and use it for certain transactions.