The Securities and Exchange Commission has published responses to questions about Form CRS, the Customer Relationship Survey.
Actually, the responses were prepared by the staff of the Division of... Read More
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BY Ted Godbout | 11/22/2019
The enforcement and benefit advisor programs of the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration do not appear to be slowing down much, with robust activity in fiscal year 2019.... Read More
BY John Iekel | 11/19/2019
The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, the IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released advance copies of the 2019 Form 5500 and the Form 5500-SF... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 11/11/2019
The annual report of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division for fiscal year 2019, which was released this week, provides details on a diverse mix of enforcement actions and... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 10/30/2019
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia will be able to participate in drafting the Department's new fiduciary rule, the Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 29.
While he... Read More
BY John Iekel | 10/22/2019
The SECURE Act, one of the most important bills concerning retirement security in many years, was front and center at the Oct. 20 Washington Update general session kicking off this year’s ASPPA... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 10/18/2019
A new Inspector General’s report on the SEC’s management and performance challenges observes that the agency is not meeting its goals with respect to its enforcement investigationsofRegistered... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 10/14/2019
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a public hearing on… MEPs.
That’s right, the IRS has published notice of a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the tax... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 10/11/2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into whether federal securities laws have been violated by producing TPAs that administer teachers’ retirement plans. ... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/26/2019
The nomination of Eugene Scalia to serve as head of the Labor Department was approved Sept. 26 by the Senate in a 53-44 vote.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 9/24/2019
Eugene Scalia, President Trump’s nominee to head the Labor Department, was approved Sept. 24 by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The full Senate will now vote on his... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/20/2019
Nominated to serve as Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia addressed numerous questions Sept. 19 about his past record representing various employer interests, as well as whether he would recuse himself... Read More
BY John Iekel | 9/16/2019
Oct. 1, 2019 will bring more than just a new month — it also will herald changes at the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration.
According to the Groom Law Group, the changes... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/12/2019
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on Sept. 19 to consider the nomination... Read More
BY John Iekel | 9/11/2019
The Office of Management and Budget is now reviewing updated life expectancy and distribution period tables for purposes of the required minimum distribution rules.
The Treasury... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 9/3/2019
Securities and Exchange Commissioner Robert Jackson, Jr. reportedly has had a change of heart about when he will leave the SEC.
Jackson, representing one of the Democratic slots on the... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 8/21/2019
Right on schedule, the Labor Department has sent a proposed rule for electronic disclosures to 401(k) participants to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.
The proposal, “... Read More
BY Nevin E. Adams, JD | 7/19/2019
While there’s likely a rocky confirmation road ahead, President Trump has announced (via tweet) his choice as the next Secretary of Labor.
“I am pleased to announce that it is my intention to... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/15/2019
Patrick Pizzella, the current Deputy Secretary of the Department of Labor, will take over as the Acting Labor Secretary in the wake of Alexander Acosta’s July 12 resignation. ... Read More
BY John Iekel | 7/15/2019
The IRS and the Department of Labor should establish a formal way of collaborating on oversight of prohibited IRA transaction exemptions, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended... Read More
BY NAPA Net Staff | 7/12/2019
Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta has resigned in the wake of controversy regarding a plea deal he negotiated more than a decade ago with wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Acosta made the... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 7/2/2019
More than 20 years after the last such overhaul, on July 1 President Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation to revamp the Internal Revenue Service. Among other things, the newly enacted... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 6/21/2019
Allison H. Lee of Colorado has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to fill the open Democratic slot for commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lee will serve out the remainder of a... Read More
BY Ted Godbout | 6/6/2019
As the SEC was voting on its final investment advice rulemaking package, a Capitol Hill hearing was taking place to consider President Trump’s nominee to fill the open Democratic commissioner's seat... Read More
BY John Iekel | 6/5/2019
The Department of Labor (DOL) is preparing to act on a variety of issues relevant to retirement plans and participants, according to a department official who offered an outline at a June 5 session... Read More
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