President Trump has issued an Executive Order (EO) that could reshape how alternative assets are treated in defined contribution retirement plans. The directive requires the Department of Labor (DOL) to revisit its past...more
8/26/2025
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A new decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in a so-called “excessive fee” case is good news for plan sponsors, particularly following the Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this year in Hughes v....more
9/14/2022
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Hughes v. Northwestern University ,
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of participants in the Northwestern University retirement plans, breathing life again to their breach of fiduciary duty claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). ...more
Effective September 18, 2021, plan administrators of ERISA-covered defined contribution plans must update their benefit statements to display each participant’s account balance expressed as both a single life annuity and a...more