Tag: Investment advice

“This is hardly the first time regulation will change the way advisers get paid and disclose important information to clients,” one industry executive observes, “so in that respect...

A new Q&A pinpoints changes in the final fiduciary regulation.

Given how prone the Labor Secretary and other DOL officials are to cite severe negative impacts of conflicted retirement advice on average Americans, some advisers are surprised (and...

As an advocacy group for retirement plan service providers and investment managers, the SPARK Institute has been at the center of the debate over the Department of Labor’s...

Participant education efforts are also impacted.

More than a few industry insiders and analysts have tipped their hats to DOL and Labor Secretary Perez for listening carefully to criticism and reshaping some of the...

However, a few industry groups are still expressing concerns.

Planned events will facilitate collaboration across the retirement market to find industry-wide solutions.

Some of the biggest financial services firms and advocacy groups have registered their initial impressions of the Department of Labor’s final fiduciary rule, including FSI, TIAA, FPC and...

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez stressed to reporters that changes made to the proposed version of the regulations will make the final fiduciary standard broader and stronger, “but absolutely...

A strong majority of investors surveyed by Financial Engines believes advisers should be legally required to provide “non-conflicted advice” in retirement planning contexts.

Among the many provisions and definitions in the forthcoming DOL fiduciary rule will likely be an “education carve-out,” considered to be one of the most high-stakes elements of...

Firms that offer digital investment advice need sound governance and supervision, says the organization.

As former tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, Fidelity Investments’ Doug Fisher has watched major legislation and regulation unfold from both inside and outside government.

About three-quarters of advisers in a Fidelity survey are anxious the DOL fiduciary advice rule will affect how they do business.

Trusted ERISA attorneys Fred Reish and Brad Campbell, of Drinker Biddle and Reath, cut through some of the “mishmash of conflicting rumor and speculation” surrounding the forthcoming final...

We’ve rounded up some of the reports and opinions—pro and con—about the fiduciary rule as it nears final approval.

The Republican party is still attempting to shoot down the fiduciary rule—almost certainly in vain.

Senator Johnny Isakson has introduced legislation designed to foil the fiduciary rule and amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rule will be very hard to reverse once in place—even if Republicans take the White House.