Compliance

February 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A quartet of key Democratic legislators has weighed in on the proposed redefinition of “fiduciary.”

 

February 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Justice Department will oppose a request by Virginia Attorney General Ken T. Cuccinelli to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear health...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Witnesses appearing Thursday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) told lawmakers that while the retirement income sufficiency...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has asked the Department of Labor (DoL) to reconsider its proposed rule that would redefine...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its comments to the Department of Labor on proposed regulations to change the definition of “fiduciary,” the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) warned...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has worked out an agreement to add $4 million in additional funding for the pensions of 9,000...

February 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a new guidance document announcing that procedures governing the amount of federal income tax withholding for non-resident...

February 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute has urged the Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) to take a more measured and restrained approach in changing the definition of...

February 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has scheduled a Thursday afternoon hearing dealing with “what can be done to...

February 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In comments to the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration regarding the proposed change in definition of the term fiduciary, the ESOP...