Fiduciary Rule

New regulations herald widespread changes in professional roles and business models for retirement planners and wealth managers.

The DOL’s April 2017 deadline means employers should start familiarizing themselves now with their responsibilities under the new regulations.

The DOL’s April 2017 deadline means employers should start familiarizing themselves now with their responsibilities under the new regulations.

A closer reading of it sends a clear signal to plan sponsors that they should aim to keep participants invested in a qualified defined contribution plan throughout their working lives.

A closer reading of it sends a clear, if unstated, signal to plan sponsors that they should aim to keep participants invested in a qualified defined contribution plan throughout their working lives, according to Retirement Clearinghouse’s Spencer Williams.

Republican lawmakers aren’t giving up yet in their fight to kill stricter rules for brokers that have been championed by President Obama.

Advisers and their clients have to start planning now to ensure they are prepared for the HSA fiduciary rules taking effect in two years.

Brokers should review account fee arrangements, among other actions, as they prepare for DOL’s new regulation.

The DOL’s rule is good news for plan sponsors, but many are still confused, says registered investment adviser Robert Lawton.

As defined in the new rule, investment advice includes recommendations to an employee benefit plan, plan fiduciary, participant or beneficiary, or an IRA, HSA, or education savings account owner.