Tag: fiduciary rule

The assistant secretary of labor said she was on a ‘farewell tour’ while speaking at the PLANADVISER 360 conference. 

DPL Financial Partners, which works in commission-free annuities, released a survey of RIAs and broker/dealers regarding the DOL’s stalled fiduciary...

The Department of Labor will ask the 5th Circuit to reinstate the fiduciary rule after it was blocked by two...

Fred Reish and Joan Neri detail how RIAs can comply with current rules while the new DOL fiduciary rule remains...

The preliminary injunction issued in a Texas district court comes with the fiduciary rule scheduled to take effect September 23.

Experts parse how a retirement participant’s path to making a rollover will be viewed under the final Retirement Security Rule.

Bipartisan group urges DOL to ‘withdraw and cease efforts’ to move ahead with retirement security rule targeting annuities and one-time...

The IAA and Morningstar offered conditional support to the Department of Labor’s proposal and the ACLI called for a full...

The trade organization challenged the DOL’s proposal on several grounds, including that an acting cabinet secretary cannot finalize a rule.

Dissenters say the DOL’s proposed amendments would reduce access to needed retirement products.

The DOL’s Retirement Security rule is seen as overbearing by some, necessary by others.

The regulator pushed back on industry requests to extend comment time for the controversial proposal; the period will still end...

Experts discuss the ripple effect of the Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule amendments.

The proposal would make one-time advice for rollovers subject to ERISA.

Industry groups in the financial sector pushed back against the proposed amendments to fiduciary standards, while some championed it as...

The proposal seeks to tackle conflicts of interest in both areas, as well as advice given to plans on investment...