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A bite-sized summary of recent UK pension news Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover: Protecting member identities during high risk events Guidance from the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) on...more
Last week, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) introduced legislation aimed at waiving early withdrawal penalties for victims of retirement account fraud....more
In this news update, we highlight legal developments in UK pensions over the past five weeks. This update covers: News from the Pensions Regulator (TPR) Data strategy Preventing pension scams Priorities for 2025 DC and...more
Digital assets are not the only coins drawing regulatory scrutiny these days. Earlier this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it filed a complaint against California-based Red Rock Secured...more
I know two retirement plan providers in Federal prison for embezzling retirement plan assets. They did the crime, they are doing the time. However, there are times when people haven’t embezzled, but they have done enough...more
The September Monthly Minute reports on the IRS’ new amendment extension deadline with respect to coronavirus-related distributions and qualified disaster distributions, a recent $131.8 million settlement stemming from...more
The U.S. Department of Labor cautions plan fiduciaries to exercise extreme care before they consider adding a cryptocurrency option to a 401(k) plan’s investment menu for plan participants....more
In light of a new DOL audit initiative and increasing cybersecurity threats to ERISA benefit plans, ERISA plan sponsors and fiduciaries should be prepared to answer some important questions: Do the cybersecurity programs of...more
Brief Takeaway - As a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), plan sponsors and service providers across the country are bracing for a flurry of participant activity with respect to...more
Newly released minutes from the Fed’s January meeting show central bankers preoccupied with global risks, including the still-growing economic impact of the coronavirus, while still taking a wait-and-see approach to any...more
In January, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated opinion in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander, No. 18-1165, a case that promised to clarify the pleading standard applicable to ERISA stock-drop cases. But...more
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the Department of Labor (DOL), is looking at an obscure and confidential “infrastructure” fee that Fidelity charges the mutual fund companies for putting their funds on its...more
Edward Jones is going to pay $3.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging they were using investments in the 401(k) plan to enrich themselves....more
If you’ve learned anything from me, just realize that anyone can be sued for anything. All you need to be sued is the purchase of a court index number and the filing and serving of a complaint....more
I don’t pull any punches, so I have certainly written many articles about plan providers issuing something called a fiduciary warranty, that is free and doesn’t protect the plan sponsor from almost any liability because plan...more
Trying To Understand A Plan Sponsor's Irrational Decisions Isn't Easy. It's hard to make sense of irrational decisions, but here is a starter. As retirement plan providers, we know that it's very hard to recruit new...more
Since the FBI closed down Vantage Benefits on November 1, we haven’t heard much. Here is an update: MBA Engineering, Inc filed sued against Vantage Benefits, Jeff Richie and his wife, Wendy Richie, for the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Since August 2016, sixteen elite colleges and universities have faced class action lawsuits related to management of their retirement plans. After five cases previously survived motions to dismiss, the...more
Prepaid card company NetSpend has reached a $53 million settlement with the FTC to resolve claims that the company “deceived customers about when and whether they could access money they deposited on its reloadable debit...more
An investment adviser seeking to show how a particular investment strategy would have performed during specified time periods would be well advised to: use only historical performance data and not a mix of historical...more
On the Hill yesterday, Fed Chair Yellen acknowledged that the recent election would likely mean changes for the economy, but she said it was “too soon” to predict the nature of that economic impact at this time (though that...more
In this issue: - CFTC Grants Relief to CTAs and IAs from Swap Block Trade Aggregation Prohibition - Sixth Circuit Affirms Decision to Enforce Arbitration Provision in Retiree Benefit Dispute - Third...more
Back in the day when I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn (much scarier then in the 1970s and 80s), there was an electronics retailer named Crazy Eddie’s. The commercials were memorable as the sales pitchman Jerry Carroll...more