Compliance

May 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There are four main fiduciary duties the Department of Labor (DOL) expects from plan sponsors.

April 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched a large compliance project, the 401(k) Questionnaire.

April 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the 2015 inflation-adjusted contribution limits for health savings accounts, or HSAs.

April 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – To improve the retirement readiness of Americans, the Bipartisan Policy Center has launched a Personal Savings Initiative.

April 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For the second time, a U.S. district court has found State Street Bank and Trust did not violate its duties to General Motors...

April 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When performing annual retirement plan financial audits, plan sponsors and their auditors should look for potential 'red flags' for regulators.

April 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Value, not just cost, is what plan sponsors and participants should see when reviewing fee disclosures, some contend.

April 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court has ordered the fiduciaries of a Columbia, Maryland, 401(k) plan to pay restitution for unremitted employee contributions and loan repayments.

April 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will discontinue its letter-forwarding program.

April 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – What is the trustee of a retirement plan that offers employer stock as an investment option supposed to do with inside information that...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Under a settlement with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. has made $207.5 million of additional contributions to its pension...

April 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sponsors of both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) retirement plans will need to review plan documents to ensure the definition of...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Without admitting any wrongdoing, ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated prohibited transaction rules of...

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A coalition of advocacy groups representing U.S. retirement plan service providers filed a detailed comment letter with the federal Office of Management and...

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment adviser Donald Gene DeWaay Jr., based in Johnston, Iowa, has paid $341,487 to 68 pension plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income...

April 14 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Multinational employers that sponsor non-U.S. retirement plans may have new requirements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

April 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Coalition to Preserve Retirement sent an open letter to Representative David Camp, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, pushing...

April 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently proposed rules about the treatment of rollovers from defined contribution (DC) plans to defined benefit plans...

April 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says a Phoenix, Arizona, school district unlawfully used an early retirement incentive plan.

April 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This summer, the Department of Labor (DOL) will be holding free seminars about fiduciary responsibilities in Hartford, Connecticut, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.