Employee Benefits Security Administration December 4, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Prohibited Transaction Exemption for Provision of Investment Advice to Participants in Individual Account Plans
Document Number: E6-20402
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-04
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
Section 601 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the PPA) (Pub. L. 109-280) amended section 408 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) to add a prohibited transaction exemption for the provision of investment advice to participants and beneficiaries of individual account plans that permit the direction of assets in their accounts, and for certain related transactions, if the investment advice is provided under an ``eligible investment advice arrangement,'' as defined in the statute. The purpose of this notice is to request information from the public relating to the requirements in the new provisions that a computer model which serves as the basis for an eligible investment advice arrangement be certified as meeting specific criteria, and that information regarding certain fees and compensation be provided to participants and beneficiaries.
Prohibited Transaction Exemption for Provision of Investment Advice to Individual Retirement and Similar Plans
Document Number: E6-20401
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-04
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
Section 601 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the PPA) (Pub. L. 109-280) amended section 408 of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code) to add an exemption from certain prohibited transactions restrictions of ERISA and from certain taxes imposed by the Code for the provision of ``investment advice'' to participants and beneficiaries of covered employee benefit plans, and certain related transactions, if the investment advice is provided under an ``eligible investment advice arrangement.'' The exemption conditions relief upon satisfaction of a number of requirements more fully described in the statutory provisions. In particular, to be covered, the investment advice must be provided under an eligible investment advice arrangement that uses a computer model, which meets the requirements of the exemption. The purpose of this document is to solicit information from the public concerning the feasibility of the application of computer model investment advice programs for Individual Retirement Accounts and similar types of plans (hereinafter, IRAs).\1\ The PPA directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to determine, based on the information received from the solicitation, whether there is any computer model investment advice program which may be utilized to provide investment advice to IRA beneficiaries.\2\
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