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Labor Dept. Settles With Pa. Builders Group
By Staff WriterThe U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with a Pennsylvania trade group providing for $5 million in restitution for alleged breaches of fiduciary ...
July 27, 2008
DOL Proposes Simplified Disclosure For 401(k) Investment OptionsThe Department of Labor has released proposed regulations aimed at providing workers with a simplified comparison of investment options for 401(k) and other employee retirement ...
May 27, 2008
DOL's Priorities for 2008 and BeyondThe Department of Labor (DOL) will continue to scrutinize the indirect compensation that advisors acting as pension consultants receive, warned Alan Lebowitz, a DOL official,...
May 04, 2008
DOL Clarifies Rules On Qualified Default Investment AlternativesThe Department of Labor last week provided "significant" relief to insurers and others who offered default investment alternatives to beneficiaries of retirement plans prior to ...
May 04, 2008
DOL Clarifies Rules On Qualified Default Investment AlternativesThe Department of Labor last week provided "significant" relief to insurers and others who offered default investment alternatives to beneficiaries of retirement plans prior to ...
January 13, 2008
Forget 409A--The Magic Is In ERISAAlthough it has been over 3 years since Congress enacted Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, it continues to dominate the financial headlines. Signed into law ...
January 01, 2008
DOL Issues Fee Disclosure RegsThe Department of Labor (DOL) introduced on December 12 its long awaited proposed rules on enhancing the disclosures regarding fees that fiduciaries of 401(k) plans...
December 14, 2007
DOL Issues Fee Disclosure RegsThe Department of Labor (DOL) introduced December 12 its long awaited proposed rules on enhancing the fee disclosures that fiduciaries of 401(k) plans and other employee benefits plans receive to help them determine whether the compensation paid to plan service providers is reasonable, as well as conflicts of interest that...