Austin R Ramsey

The IRS is cracking down on the methods employee-owned companies use to transfer assets to their workers, raising the stakes for an industry that says it’s been plagued by years of US Labor Department investigations and lawsuits.

A federal district court judge in New York has compelled MetLife Inc. to comply with a US Labor Department subpoena requesting records about the insurance company’s pension de-risking business.

A Michigan ophthalmologist wants the US Supreme Court to pause a case federal benefits regulators brought against her over allegedly improper distributions from her former company’s pension plan, pending the outcome of her high court appeal.

Fast-approaching fall deadlines ending pandemic-era student debt forgiveness programs have increased pressure on employers to help workers with impending payments, but eroded the early allure of a 401(k) loan matching program set to take effect next year.

US Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a Michigan doctor’s application to stay a case federal regulators brought against her for allegedly improper distributions from her former company’s pension plan.

Federal courts are overwhelmingly rejecting the uptick in 401(k) lawsuits challenging firms for offering their workers low-cost target-date funds, but one notable recent exception in Virginia may spark employers’ anxiety.

Multinational investment bank Citigroup Inc. has found a novel way to use its own worker retirement plans to achieve racial diversity objectives without running afoul of strict federal benefits laws.

The IRS wants to ease concerns it sparked this summer over a looming crackdown on abusive employee-owned benefit plans.

The US Labor Department is focusing on filling in the gaps state and federal regulations have left behind as it moves forward with rulemaking that will redefine who qualifies as a retirement plan investment advice fiduciary.

The IRS is prioritizing “grab-bag” guidance it intends to issue regarding private-sector pension plans as they implement dozens of new provisions under a sweeping retirement access law Congress passed late last year.