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DOL Clarifies Rules On Qualified Default Investment Alternatives
By Arthur D. PostalThe 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 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...
December 01, 2007
NEWS & PRODUCTS, DECEMBER 2007There's an "excellent chance" that the Department of Labor (DOL) will finalize its three initiatives dealing with 401(k) fee disclosures before Congress can pass a...
October 24, 2007
DOL Shuns Stable Value as Default 401(k) OptionThe Department of Labor (DOL) has decided to ban stable value funds as default options in 401(k) plans. The decision is a blow for the insurance industry, which lobbied Congress and the DOL to include stable value among qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs).
October 07, 2007
DOL Proposes New Rules And Guidance On AnnuitiesThe Department of Labor has issued proposed regulations and a new interim final rule regarding the selection of annuities by defined contribution plans. This new ...
October 07, 2007
DOL Proposes New Rules And Guidance On AnnuitiesThe Department of Labor has issued proposed regulations and a new interim final rule regarding the selection of annuities by defined contribution plans. This new ...
September 01, 2007
Failure to Compute?Are computer models that meet the statutory requirements set out in the Pension Protection Act (PPA) an effective tool to use to provide investment advice...