Tag: Fiduciary adviser

Lifetime income, service provider process changes and privacy of retirement plan information are just a few things for which plan sponsors need to prepare.

Sharing survey data with PLANADVISER from its third annual Defined Contribution Advisor Summit, J.P. Morgan suggests top advisers are feeling energized by the current market environment.

The proposed conflicted investment advice rule from the DOL is designed to protect retirement plan and IRA participants, but experts attending the ASPPA Virtual Conference aren’t sure the...

Securities America Inc. says it will provide its network of 2,000 independent advisers with access to Envestnet Retirement Solutions’ retirement specialist adviser workstation technology.

Tax-qualified retirement plans run by small business owners must comply with ERISA—whether the sponsor is familiar with the landmark legislation or not.

Comments delivered by FINRA leadership suggest the financial industry regulator is pumping the breaks on its controversial CARDS initiative.

Sixteen industry groups are asking the Department of Labor (DOL) to extend the comment period on the fiduciary proposal.

The DOL’s proposed fiduciary rule is complex and wide-reaching, one experienced ERISA attorney tells PLANADVISER, so the financial industry needs more time to digest the potential implications.

MillenniuM Investment and Retirement Advisors has teamed with TriCore to offer an integrated, open-architecture qualified plan program.

Federal government rulemaking seldom moves quickly, and in the case of the DOL fiduciary rule, observers warn the final impact of the consumer protection regulation remains anyone’s guess.

With so much industry attention fixed on the DOL’s proposed fiduciary rule language, plan sponsor clients will undoubtedly be asking, “What does it mean for us and our...

By its nature as a fundamental mechanism of ERISA, the fiduciary standard applies to a myriad of highly specific circumstances playing out between retirement plan advisers and sponsors...

After years of waiting, the retirement plan industry will later today see a revised “consumer protection proposal” from the Department of Labor that some expect to redefine ERISA’s...

Significant retirement industry attention is fixed on the potential negative implications of a stronger fiduciary standard, but some advisers are actually looking forward to the new rulemaking.