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Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
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4 in 10 Participants Don’t Understand 401(k) Fees—Or Know They Even Pay Them
Almost 40% of 401(k) plan participants do not fully understand and have difficulty using the fee information that…
Biden Taps NYC Attorney Lisa Gomez to Lead EBSA
The White House announced today that President Joe Biden plans to nominate attorney Lisa M. Gomez to be…
DOL to Act on Credit Rating Use in 401k Fiduciary Decisions
Should credit ratings be used by fiduciaries when making investment decisions for retirement plans? As a result of…
Department of Labor to Change Definition of Fiduciary
According to a proposed rule submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Labor is…
DOL Releases Cybersecurity Guidance for 401k Plans
The second guidance release in as many days from the Department of Labor covers best practices for maintaining…
New Labor Secretary Confirmed; Fiduciary, ESG in Focus
Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed on a bipartisan basis Monday by the Senate as the 29th Secretary…
Biden’s DOL Scraps Trump Era ESG Rule
The Department of Labor’s Employment Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced Wednesday that it will not enforce recently published…
4 Best Practices for Dealing with Missing 401(k) Participants
On the heels of last week’s long-awaited guidance about missing participants, released by the Department of Labor, the…
DOL Issues Missing Retirement Plan Participant Guidance
The Department of Labor issued long-awaited guidance on missing retirement plan participants Tuesday evening, calling it part of…
Department of Labor Announces 401k PEP Registration Requirements
The Department of Labor today announced a final rule establishing registration requirements for pooled plan providers. The rule implements…