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A district court judge rules that a plain reading of the religious ERISA exception makes it clear that only church-maintained plans can be free of ERISA dictates.

American workers lack of retirement readiness has been dropped on the doorstep of the defined contribution market and its been pointed out again and again that 401(k) plans dont offer the same benefits that came with defined benefit pension plans.

At issue is a deferred stock plan Marriott offered its employees between 1963 and 1990, at which time it changed the plan, telling workers ERISA regulations were the reason for the alterations.

Generally, qualified defined benefit plans must be funded under a trust created or organized in the United States.

Will this year finally bring regulatory closure to the issue of fiduciary or are we destined to wait for Godot yet again?

Retirement plan sponsors should update their plan documents to protect the money of "lost" participants from state escheatment laws.

Advisors can expect a promise from the SEC of more advisor exams this year.

As defined benefit plans continue to disappear, more American workers are relying on defined contribution plans, such as 401(k)s, to save for retirement.