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With the Labor Department’s deadline for public comment coming to an end, columnists Amy Hwang and Stuart Harris say there are four moves that could follow.
Advisers must know how to explain their role in the Conflict of Interest era.
Hope is dimming, but top Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and investor advocates are unlikely to relent in their efforts to preserve the regulation.
Benefits experts believe that even if the regulations get killed entirely, best interest standards will live on.
DOL proposed extending a deadline for brokers to comply with its controversial rule requiring them to put clients’ interests first.
Let’s enact a uniform fiduciary standard so all clients are protected and any appearance of compensation bias is removed, urges John Ludwig.
Experts expect President Trump’s new DOL Secretary pick to agree that the fiduciary rule should be withdrawn.
A presidential memorandum requires a second look with an updated economic and legal analysis to determine if it may adversely affect the acquisition of retirement information and financial advice.
Let’s enact a uniform fiduciary standard so all clients are protected and any appearance of compensation bias is removed, urges John Ludwig.
A presidential memorandum requires a second look with an updated economic and legal analysis to determine if it may adversely affect the acquisition of retirement information and financial advice.
The decision landed just hours after the Department of Labor asked for the decision to be postponed while it complies with a Trump order to review the regulation.
‘The bulk of advisers’ embrace the principles of the regulation and will continue to carry them out.
‘The bulk of advisers’ embrace the principles of the regulation and will continue to carry them out.
Despite President Trump’s executive order to delay implementation of the DOL rule, financial service companies, 401(k) record companies, employers and other stakeholders say they're moving ahead with planned changes.
While a review will be undertaken by the Labor Department, the White House signaled that the president was expecting significant change.
Employee benefits lawyer Brad Campbell predicts the Trump administration will delay the Labor Department’s regulation by six months before either repealing or modifying it.
Employee benefits lawyer Brad Campbell predicts the Trump administration will delay the Labor Department’s regulation by six months before either repealing or modifying it.
From the ACA to fiduciary and overtime regulation, employers must consider how to handle this time of change and uncertainty.
From the ACA to fiduciary and overtime regulation, how should brokerages guide their clients?
The big question is whether any decisions upholding the DOL rule will be nullified by actions of the new Trump administration, says benefits lawyer Carol Buckmann.
