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Top DOL official counters that the new regulations will result in “major reform," while not ruling out additional government action.

How the DOL’s proposed regulations would affect executive, administrative and professional employee exemptions.

Under the DOL’s new standard, all retirement plan advisers — and not just some — will have to put their clients’ interests ahead of their own.

In light of the DOL’s new rule, some advisers will have to define a new relationship with employers and may ask for additional fees.

Plan sponsors and advisers are still able to provide generic facts about retirement savings and 401(k) plans without being subject to the DOL’s new rule.

Employee benefit brokers weigh in on how the new regulation will impact their business and that of their employer clients.

Retirement plan advisers must rethink how they work and get paid, according to benefits attorneys and industry insiders.

Broad in scope, the final DOL ruling favors plan sponsors, but also puts pressure on them to adjust to new industry realities.

Retirement plan industry experts are greeting the Department of Labor’s plans, which will force employers to be more cautious when hiring advisers, with a mix of caution and optimism.

Some advisers are calling it the most sweeping regulatory reform of the retirement industry in 76 years.

The controversial rule requires companies to disclose how they use consultants and other third parties

Advisers can help employers pay close attention to these items to avoid catching the eye of the DOL.

Plan sponsors should stand their ground to discourage plaintiffs from pursuing more lawsuits, says one expert.

With the final rule about to be released, here’s why advisers may regret delaying their preparation for the new regulation.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and other political luminaries are set to announce the regulation that many believe could usher in unprecedented change in the financial services industry.

Lawsuits can’t be avoided, so advisers should focus on helping clients improve their processes, one expert says.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez unveiled new requirements governing adviser and employer arrangements regarding organizing.

As the Department of Labor’s proposed “white-collar” rules move closer to becoming final this summer, with an effective date 60 days later, we take the opportunity to explain further what these new regulations will mean for employers.

Regardless of what the final Department of Labor regulations say about fiduciary responsibility, sponsors should not hire or continue to work with an adviser who will not sign on to the plan as a fiduciary.

Industry experts say the new regulations will be announced soon, but many benefit brokers are hoping its release is pushed back.