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The Senate on June 12 confirmed former Rep. Billy Long to serve as the next IRS Commissioner.
The New Jersey Assembly has passed legislation that would expand the reach and scope of New Jersey Secure Choice. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. On May 22, the state Assembly in a vote of 49-28 passed ...
In a suit that began with allegations of excessive fees and expanded to include charges of a fiduciary breach with forfeiture reallocations, the fiduciary defendants have prevailed.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Republican members of Congress highlighted common interest agreements (CIAs) and independent contractors as key policy priorities during a Department of Labor ...
President Trump on June 9 invited top business leaders and lawmakers to the White House to help tout “Trump Accounts,” a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that aims to create tax-deferred ...
In “ Social Security’s Projected Shortfall: The Role of Demographic Factors ,” the CRS discusses three demographic factors it argues contribute to the increasing difficulties many expect the Social ...
In its recently released final report on improving qualified default investment alternatives, the ERISA Advisory Council (EAC) recommended that the Department of Labor (DOL) should issue guidance on ...
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals says that a multiemployer pension plan that qualifies for a grant under the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) Special Financial Assistance (SFA) ...
May is a popular month — Mother’s Day, spring flowers, warm sun. What’s not to love? And this year, add the funded status of private-sector pension plans to what made May attractive. “Pensions roared ...
Daniel Aronowitz, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), pledged that if confirmed by the Senate he will work every day to “unleash and unlock the ...
The reality is that like earthquakes in east Tennessee, the occurrence/need for long-term care might be one of those things that are so “few and far between” that no extraordinary preparations are ...
At her confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on June 3, Janet Dhillon — nominated by President Trump on March 10 to be the new Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ...