ERIC submitted to the Treasury Department and IRS recommendations to improve the most recent package of proposed and final regulations implementing the cash balance and pension equity plan provisions of the PPA.
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ERIC Offers Recommendations on PBGC Information Collection Request on De-Risking Activities
ERIC sent a letter to the PBGC urging the agency to support plan sponsors’ efforts to maintain their defined benefit pension plans.
ERIC Submits Comment Letter on DOL RFI on Brokerage Windows
ERIC Joins Letter to Congress Honoring the 40th Anniversary of ERISA
ERIC joined a number of organizations in submitting a letter to Congress honoring the 40th anniversary of ERISA. The letter explains that the signers are committed to working with Congress and the Executive branch to ensure that ERISA continues to provide a voluntary and flexible employer-provided retirement plan system that benefits American workers. The …
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ERIC Urges Senate Finance Committee to Be Wary of Unintended Consequences in Considering Tax Changes to Employer Retirement System
ERIC urged the committee to be wary of unintended outcomes in considering changes to the tax rules for retirement savings.
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Stock Drop Case (Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer)
ERIC Files Amicus Brief in Cottillion v. United Refining Company
ERIC Urges DOL to Exclude Large Plans from Proposed Amendment to Require Fee Disclosure Guides
ERIC urged the DOL to exclude large plans from its proposal to require service providers to distribute a “guide” or similar tool to fiduciaries in order to satisfy the disclosure regulations under section 408(b)(2) of ERISA.
ERIC Urges PBGC to Withdraw Proposed Regulations on Reportable Events, Maintain Existing Requirements
ERIC submitted comments to the PBGC urging the agency not to finalize proposed regulations on reportable events requirements