Higginbotham & Associates and Capital Benefits Group have merged operations in a move that creates one of the larger independent insurance and employee benefits firms in central Texas.
The Sacramento Bee reviewed CalPERS' documents to find how pension formulas used in the late 1990s and early 2000s dramatically boosted retirement allowances.
The complaint against the bank alleged Flagstar breached its fiduciary duty by allowing its 401(k) plan to invest in its own Flagstar common stock at a time when bank executives knew such an investment was imprudent.
Retirement plan administrators will face new electronic filing requirements for employee retirement benefit plan statements, returns and related reports under the latest proposed rule from the IRS.
Regulators say advisors should update contingency plans so they can get back to work more quickly following a natural disaster such as Hurricane Sandy.
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against San Franciscos Pacific Bank, alleging the bank, its CEO and three additional fiduciaries of its Employee Stock Ownership Plan mismanaged plan assets potentially resulting in $1.4 million in plan losses.