Lawsuits Reveal the Risk Issues for 403(b) and 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries
Lawsuits against higher education institutions (“HEI”) raise questions that every organization sponsoring a qualified retirement plan should be ready to answer. A timely opportunity exists for leaders in both the 403(b) plan and 401(k) plan sectors to...Penalties hit ERISA plans in spite of CPA audits
Tip for July 2017 The Department of Labor (“DOL”) assesses significant penalties for an improperly filed Form 5500. Mistakes on an ERISA plan’s Form 5500 create a nice target for the Internal Revenue Service’s auditors, too. While the number of...How ERISA plan sponsors should respond to the new fiduciary rule
Tip for June 2017 Until now, a retirement plan participant’s transfer or rollover of their account balance to an individual retirement account (“IRA”) was, for the most part, off the grid of plan sponsors’ fiduciary management systems because...What if your ERISA plan’s CPA isn’t qualified?
Tip for May 2017 A recent study performed by the DOL found that a startling number of employee benefit plan audits were deficient. The DOL study also found that there was a “clear link between the number of employee benefit plan audits performed by a CPA and the...Has Risk Trumped the Pursuit of Excellence?
Tip for April 2017 Corporate risk tied to employee benefit plans is escalating, refocusing the pursuit of excellence from program features to risk management. Many businesses and nonprofit organizations are changing their risk management systems in an attempt to meet...Contact us…
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