The Department of Labor this week issued a field assistance bulletin to address the problem of so-called “missing participants”—participants and beneficiaries of terminating or abandoned retirement plans who fail to make an election regarding a form of plan distribution—for ERISA fiduciaries administering these plans.
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The Department of Labor today finalized its proposed class exemption on fiduciary investment advice.
The Department of Labor today issued a final rule formalizing requirements regarding a fiduciary’s proxy voting activity under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
The SEC last week voted to adopt a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 addressing the valuation practices of registered investment companies and business development companies.
The American Bankers Association has announced the recipients of its inaugural 40 Under 40 in Wealth Management Award.
Homeownership, savings and holding down a job are three keys to financial well-being and moving out of generational poverty, so that’s what Southern Bancorp focuses on in its home Mississippi and Arkansas Delta region, one of the nation’s poorest.
The IRS has issued a final rule confirming that deductions allowed under Internal Revenue Code section 67(e) for costs incurred in connection with the administration of a trust or estate are deductible despite the suspension of miscellaneous itemized deductions under the 2017 tax reform law.
The Internal Revenue Service has issued two new guidance documents on the transfer of individual retirement account funds into a state unclaimed property fund.