81 FR 21181 — Amendment to and Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit Plans and Broker-De… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
…ry standards, nor accountable under ERISA or the Code for imprudent, disloyal, or biased advice. In 1975, the Department issued a regulation, at 29 CFR 2510.3-21(c)(1975), defining the circumstances under which a person is treated as providing “investment advice” to an employee benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA …
89 FR 32122 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024
…investment advice fiduciary under the statute, and the Department does not believe its authority to revisit the regulatory definition of an investment advice fiduciary and depart from the 1975 five-part test is foreclosed by the
Chamber
opinion. The discrete components of the five-part test are not found in the text of…
81 FR 21147 — Amendment to and Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-24 for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Agents and Brokers, Pension Co… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
notes
1.
PTE 84-24, 49 FR 13208 (Apr. 3, 1984), as corrected, 49 FR 24819 (June 15, 1984), as amended, 71 FR 5887 (Feb. 3, 2006).
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2. Code section 4975(c)(2) authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to grant exemptions from the parallel prohibited transaction provisions of the Code. Reorganization Pla…
80 FR 22021 — Proposed Amendment to and Proposed Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit P… ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Apr 20, 2015related by meaning
…sed information collection request (ICR) included in the Proposed Amendment to and Proposed Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit Plans and Broker-Dealers; Proposed Amendment to and Partial Revocation of PTE 75-1, Exemptions From Prohi…
81 FR 20946 — Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
…-1, Parts II-V; PTE 77-4; PTE 80-83; PTE 83-1: PTE 84-24; and PTE 86-128.
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54.
The revoked exemptions include PTE 75-1, Parts I(b) and (c); PTE 75-1, Part II(2); and parts of PTE 84-2 and PTE 86-128.
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55.
80 FR 22004 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 75-1, Part V, Exemptions From Prohibitions Respecting Certain Classes of Transactions Involving Em… ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Apr 20, 2015★ strong match
…, 1986), as amended, 67 FR 64137 (October 17, 2002).
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10.
40 FR 50845 (October 31, 1975), as amended, 71 FR 5883 (February 3, 2006).
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11.
See
Preamble to PTE 75-1, Part V, 40 FR 50845 (Oct. 31, 1975); ERISA Advisory Opinion 86-12A (March 19, 1986).
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12.
88 FR 75890 — Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023
…ontributions and earnings within an individual account, grew substantially, from just 26 percent in 1975 to 78 percent in 2020.[163]
By 2020, 94 percent of active participants in defined contribution plans had responsibility for directing the investment of some or all of their
( printed page 75915)
account balances.[16…
75 FR 53172 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption Procedures; Employee Benefit Plans ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Aug 30, 2010★ strong match
… issued an exemption procedure on April 28, 1975 (ERISA Procedure 75-1, 40 FR 18471, also issued as Rev. Proc. 75-26, 1975-1 C.B. 722). Under this procedure, a person seeking an exemption under both section 408(a) of ERISA and section 4975 of the Code was obliged to file an exemption application with both the Internal …
81 FR 21139 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 75-1, Part V, Exemptions From Prohibitions Respecting Certain Classes of Transactions Involving Employee Be… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
… public hearing.
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14.
17 CFR 240.10b-16.
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15.
The Department has previously determined, after consulting with the Internal Revenue Service, that plans described in 4975(e)(1) of the Code are included within the scope of relief provided by PTE 75-1 because it was issued jointly by the D…
81 FR 21208 — Amendments to Class Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83 and 83-1 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
…to PTE 2002-13, the Department explained that it had determined, after consulting with the Internal Revenue Service, that plans described in 4975(e)(1) of the Code are included within the scope of relief provided by PTEs 75-1 and 77-4, because they were issued jointly by the Department and the Service. For simplicity a…
90 FR 28004 — Removal of Interpretive Bulletins Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 1, 2025related by meaning
977) (“The attention of interested parties is directed to the fact that regulation 2550.408c-2 replaces Interpretive Bulletin 75-6”).
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41 FR 3289 (Jan. 22, 1976).
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8.
43 FR 47713 (Oct. 17, 1978). Congress subsequently ratified Reorganization Plan No. 4 in 1984. See Sec. 1, Public La…
ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016
…vestment advice” to an employee benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA section 3(21)(A)(ii) (the “1975 regulation”).[6] The 1975 regulation narrowed the scope of the statutory definition of fiduciary investment advice by creating a five-part test for fiduciary advice. Under the 1975 regulation, for advice to constitu…
81 FR 21089 — Class Exemption for Principal Transactions in Certain Assets Between Investment Advice Fiduciaries and Employee Benefit Plans and IRAs ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016
…stment advice” to an employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(21)(A)(ii) of ERISA (the 1975 regulation).[6] The 1975 regulation narrowed the scope of the statutory definition of fiduciary investment advice by creating a five-part test for fiduciary advice. Under the 1975 regulation, for advice to constitut…
85 FR 40589 — Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice: Notice of Court Vacatur ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 7, 2020related by meaning
…s, and that this technical amendment is not subject to the timing requirements of the Congressional Review Act.
Statutory Authority This regulation is issued pursuant to the authority in section 505 of ERISA (Pub. L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 894; 29 U.S.C. 1135) and section 102 of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. Ap…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 6, 2025
…n election shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, and shall be irrevocable. A plan may make an election under this paragraph only if on January 1, 1975, the plan holds no employer real property. After such election and before January 1, 1985 the plan may not acquire any employer real …
89 FR 32346 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024related by meaning
… the Treasury to grant administrative exemptions under Code section 4975 to the Secretary of Labor. Procedures Governing the Filing and Processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications were amended effective April 8, 2024 (29 CFR part 2570, subpart B (89 FR 4662 (January 24, 2024)).
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42.
17 …
81 FR 59464 — Savings Arrangements Established by States for Non-Governmental Employees ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Aug 30, 2016
… be “completely voluntary” has been modified to permit state-required automatic employee enrollment procedures.
90 FR 3667 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025related by meaning
…riations Act, 2023, Public Law 117 328, 136 Stat. 4459 (2022).
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7.
As described in Rev. Proc. 2021-30, or any successor guidance).
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8.
The term pension plans include both defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans.
See
ERISA section 3(34) and 3(35).
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9.
As no…
87 FR 45204 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption) ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 27, 2022related by meaning
… enter into a party in interest transaction with its plan but leaves the ultimate determination and review to a QPAM.
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37. Proposed Amendment to PTE 84-14, 68 FR 52419, 52423 (Sept. 3, 2003).
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38.
For purposes of these changes, the Department used March 1984 and December 2021 as the re…
80 FR 22010 — Proposed Amendment to and Proposed Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-24 for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Agents and B… ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Apr 20, 2015related by meaning
…sed information collection request (ICR) included in the Proposed Amendment to and Proposed Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-24 for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Agents and Brokers, Pension Consultants, Insurance Companies, and Investment Company Principal Underwriters as part …