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ERISA 404c Regulations

Many 401k plans fail to address the many regulatory requirements including 404c rules. Compliance with the 404c rules enables companies to achieve safe harbor protection. Plan sponsors often don't realize that if they address the many regulatory, and compliance issues correctly including 404c, that this single advantage could help enable them to significantly lower their overall costs, while also greatly reducing the many liabilities, eliminating conflicts ...

ERISA LAW AND THE 401(K) PLAN FIDUCIARY part I

Most 401k plans fail to address the many regulatory requirements! Plan sponsors are now awaking to the fact that properly addressing the many regulatory, and compliance issues correctly in 401k plans, that this advantage could help enable them to significantly lower their overall costs, while also greatly reducing the many liabilities, eliminating conflicts of interest, and providing a better overall solution to the participants.

ERISA LAW AND THE 401(K) PLAN FIDUCIARY part II

This is one of the best and most comprehensive reports that could help companies to understand their 401k plan fiduciary responsibility. It was written Tom Hoecker. You can reach Tom at thoecker@swlaw.com ERISA AND THE 401(K) PLAN FIDUCIARY part II I. Open Option Plans 1. The Open Option Concept As a general rule, an Open Option feature allows plan participants to select nearly any available ...

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Your 401(k) can land in the wrong place
Most of the time, the money you contribute to your 401(k) ends up in your account. But there are times when it doesnt, as evidenced by a recent flurry of news releases from the U.S. Labor Departments Employee Benefit Security Administration.


Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Investigates Life Insurance Companies Regarding Retained Asset Accounts
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Attorney Advertising. Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (www.erisafraud.com) announces that it is investigating several national life insurance companies, including MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) and Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), as well as Genworth Financial Inc., Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, New York Life Insurance Co., Northwestern ...


DOL withdraws proposed rule on definition of a welfare benefit plan [07/30/2010]
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced its intention to withdraw the proposed regulation on the definition of a welfare benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act from review by the Office of Management and Budget.


IRA Financial Group Introduces the Self Directed IRA Trust
Acquire Checkbook Control of your retirement funds without incurring any state LLC filing fees with the Self Directed IRA Trust


Learn from 401(k) embezzlement charges
Most of the time, the money you contribute to your 401(k) ends up in your account.


Aon Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
Aon Corporation today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Â


Ledbetter Law Fails To Save El Paso Workers' Suit
Ruling ends a long-running putative class action brought after the natural gas company converted its


Jackson Lewis Attorney Richard Cohen Appointed To College Of Labor And Employment Lawyers As Newly Elected Fellow
Phoenix - PHOENIX, AZ Jackson Lewis, one of the fastest-growing workplace law firms in the United States, is proud to announce that Richard S. Cohen, Partner in the Phoenix, Arizona office, has been appointed to the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers as a newly elected Fellow.


Cohen & Grigsby Attorneys Honored by Pittsburgh Magazine as 2010 FIVE STAR Wealth Managers
Cohen & Grigsby, a business law firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and an office in Bonita Springs, FL, is pleased to announce that attorneys Henry Cohen, Christopher Farrell, Bruce Gabler and Richard Rosen have been honored in the July issue of Pittsburgh Magazine as 2010 FIVE STAR Wealth Managers. Â


Finance and Banking
The SEC recently proposed to eliminate Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), the rule that currently allows a registered open-end investment company (a "mutual fund" or "fund") to pay certain marketing and distribution expenses from the fund's assets.



 
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