Regulation

Retirement plan advisers must rethink how they get paid, which could lead to a leveling of costs for plan sponsors.

HHS is launching phase two of its audit program focused on covered entities, including employers and other plan sponsors.

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.