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DOL Expands Investment Advice Subject to Fiduciary Liability

Following previous failed attempts to expand the fiduciary liability of financial services providers, the DOL released a new rule that broadens the definition of “fiduciary” under ERISA. The new rule is expected to face...more

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TRICK-or-TREAT? DOL Proposes Spooky New “Retirement Security Rule” That Would Expand the Scope of Fiduciary “Investment Advice”

Responding to the “terrifying” reality that conflicted investment advice is costing retirement savers billions of dollars each year, on October 31, 2023, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued proposed rules representing its...more

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Next Steps for Making Collective Investment Trusts Available to More Retirement Plans

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Collective investment trusts (“CITs”) have become an increasingly popular choice for 401(k) plan investment menus over the past decade, consistent with a trend toward lower-cost investment options that has been driven, in...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Plan settlement shows you what’s wrong

Finding things wrong with a 401(k) plan is very easy when a settlement in. a lawsuit has been reached. BTG International just settled a lawsuit where they are paying $560,000 in a settlement. The complaint stated that the...more

Carlton Fields

Three Timely Benefits Items Everyone Should Know

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Carlton Fields tax attorney Lowell Walters discusses three timely employee benefits issues: using employee benefits to reduce expenses; helping retirement plan participants in an inconsistent investment market; and, the...more

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DOL: Path for 401(k) Plans to Offer Private Equity Investment Options

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The US Department of Labor (DOL) issued an information letter in June 2020 indicating that, in limited circumstances, it will allow defined contribution retirement plans (such as 401(k) plans) to indirectly invest in private...more

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DOL Provides Guidance for Private Equity Investments in 401(k) Plans

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Employers that are fiduciaries of participant-directed individual account plans (such as 401(k) plans) subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (‘Plans” and “ERISA”, respectively) should be...more

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DOL Cracks Open the Door for Private Equity in 401(k) Plans

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The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently released an information letter that concludes, if certain conditions are met, a plan fiduciary will not violate his fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income...more

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DOL Proposes New Rules for Selecting Retirement Plan Investments

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If you are a member of the committee for your employer’s pension, 401(k), profit-sharing, or 403(b) plan, you should check out a set of proposed rules for selecting investments. If you have an outside investment advisor, as...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

There is always room to grow

Years ago, a lot of financial advisors weren’t aware of their role as a retirement plan advisor when it came to handling their plan sponsor clients. Most advisors were mailing it in, pocketing the quarterly fee without...more

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Top 10 Compensation and Benefits Issues for Employers in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, many employers are faced with questions about the impact of economic changes and workforce reductions on their compensation and benefits arrangements. This alert is intended to...more

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Pennsylvania's Imminent Report on Investment Fees: What's Coming Next?

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The schedule for review of the investment strategies of the Public Employees' Retirement System and School Employees' Retirement System just became accelerated. At its hearing on July 30, 2018, Pennsylvania's...more

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ERISA Newsletter - Second Quarter 2018

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As we head into the thick of summer, all eyes are on President Trump's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy and the impact the new Justice will have on shaping the law for...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Retirement Plans: The Fiduciary Landscape and Best Practices to Avoid Liability for Plan Investments

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The landscape surrounding retirement plans maintained by institutions of higher education has been changing in recent years, although certain critical responsibilities that are imposed on plan sponsors have been in place...more

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401(k) Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries Face an Alarming Number of Stable Value Fund and Other Class Action Lawsuits

In the last several months, plaintiffs have filed multiple class action lawsuits against plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries and stable value fund providers. These lawsuits, which have involved 401(k) plans sponsored by large...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Things They Never Tell You as a 401(k) Plan Sponsor

When my wife and I bought our house, there were quite a few things that the previous owner forgot to tell us such as the fact they never bothered to pull the pipes from the dental office run by a previous owner 20 years...more

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