Multiple national-level conflict of interest rules are now aligned that will require financial professionals to act in the best interest of consumers.

The complaint calls out the warehouse club's use of "more costly ‘actively managed funds’ rather than ‘index funds’ that offered equal or better performance at substantially lower cost."

The lawsuit argues that while the TDFs in the plan are CITs, they are private label CITs with much higher expense ratios than the typical CITs offered by JPMorgan.

A payment of $9 million will be made to “fully, finally and forever resolve, discharge and settle the released claims.”

Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia says employer-sponsored plans ‘are not vehicles for furthering social goals or policy objectives.’