Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

So far, reporting seems to suggest that the numerous fraudulent comments submitted to DOL regarding the fiduciary rule were done...

Following news of Preston Rutledge’s approval by the full Senate to head the Employee Benefits Security Administration, several retirement industry...

In addition to being barred as serving as a fiduciary for five years, the fund manager is ordered to make...

Preston Rutledge seems to be enjoying relatively little opposition as he moves closer to becoming the Assistant Secretary of Labor...

The new delay is for 18 months.

IRS compliance questions have been removed from the form.

House and Senate Democrats hope to pass legislation to “put union pension plans back on solid footing,” but their bicameral...

Employer and employee contributions to the multiple employer welfare arrangement were found in offshore Bermuda accounts.

The 11th Circuit ultimately ruled that it is common sense to conclude that since a litigant can renounce his most...

Until the final rule’s publication in the Federal Register, the exact details and length of the second enforcement delay will...

The future head of EBSA would play a substantial role in the fate of the fiduciary rule.

The list of regulatory and legislative challenges affecting employers and their retirement plan consultants can seem endless, and when linked...

Specific policy changes and plan sponsor initiatives can make guaranteed lifetime income a norm in the DC plan space, TIAA...

The mutual-fund based program also offers an in-plan retirement income option and access to 3(38) fiduciary services.

The relief regards verification procedures for plan loans and distributions, participant contributions and loan payments, blackout notices, and group health...

The PBGC and DOL also are providing relief similar to that provided to Hurricane Harvey victims.

Michael Barry, president of the Plan Advisory Services Group, discusses possible implications of the DOL fiduciary rule and how the...

As the DOL lays out, the primary purpose of the proposed delay of full enforcement is to give the department...