Legal

The CBO has examined several policy proposals that "could" improve the financial health of critically underfunded multiemployer plans, and potentially reduce claims to PBGC. Is a bailout next?

Barry Salkin says it's still a good move for many types of retirement plans, even considering recent court rulings against the enforceability of such provisions.

Fiduciaries for MIT, NYU and Yale University retirement plans are being sued in three separate court cases.

What to know about the DOL fiduciary rule, whether you're a broker-dealer, insurance agent, IRA advisor, registered investment advisor, or plan sponsor.

A participant in BP Corp.s retirement plan sued the company in Illinois to recover denied benefits from a life insurance policy. BP Corp. filed a motion to move that venue. Here's what happened.

In light of the DOLs recent hardline stance on the subject of plan sponsor obligations under ERISA (GAP Stores and others have recently been sued in breach of fiduciary lawsuits), I believe that the new safe haven transparency standard for plan sponsors must be fiduciary-level transparency.