Compliance

May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the lead of a similar ongoing debate among U.S. regulators and lawmakers, Britain's financial regulator on Friday limited soft dollar commission payments...

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress may have squeezed in a couple of pension protections in the accounting reform bill, but the prospects for a broader solution seem...

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee approved the "National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act," a bill that seems likely to...

May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An outside fiduciary will be appointed to run a California union benefit fund, which authorities say spent millions of dollars of fund assets...

May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's private pension insurer announced Thursday that it was cracking down on sponsors of underfunded pensions who don't properly inform their participants...

May 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is preparing guidance on the rules for 403(b) plans and 457 plans and on the notice requirements under...

May 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury have released the third quarterly update to the 2003-2004 Priority Guidance Plan.

May 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Boeing Company could be out tens of millions of dollars if a group of Asian American employees wins its discrimination suit against...

May 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been almost a year since President Bush passed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) of 2001, but several states...

April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has thrown out a lower court ruling giving a US Airways baggage handler job preference over senior co-workers, saying...

April 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has urged Congress to force health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mentally ill Americans as they do...

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment management lawyers are warning hedge fund investment marketers - known as finders - they have to register with the U.S. Securities and...

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to a Bush administration proposal guaranteeing that the government keeps workers in about 55 professions,...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—In light of comments received over the hardships the proposed 4pm hard close might bring to retirement plan investors, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman...

March 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will assume control of beleaguered steel company LTV Corp.'s underfunded retirement plans, which will be terminated on...

March 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the comment period on proposed cash balance regulations wound down, a number of Democratic lawmakers outlined their opposition and laid out some...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is stepping up examinations of certain employee benefit plans.

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A telecommuting Tennessee resident employed by a New York firm must pay income tax on 100% of his earnings.

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A divided federal appeals court ruled that a Minnesota company could set as a condition of receiving benefits under a new severance plan...

May 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SPX Corp has been slapped with a lawsuit alleging breaches of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).