Compliance

Backing FINRA, FSI Speaks Up

Dale E. Brown, president and CEO of the Financial Services Institute (FSI), issued a statement regarding Boston Consulting Group’s report about the potential costs of a new self-regulatory organization...

IRS Announces Business Mileage Rate for 2012

The Internal Revenue Service issued the 2012 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. 

EBSA Clarifies Electronic Fee Disclosure Rules

The Employee Benefits Security Administration issued Technical Release 2011-03R, revising its interim policy regarding the use of electronic media to satisfy participant-level fee disclosure requirements.

Waiting with Bated Breath

As financial professionals anxiously await the Department of Labor's next version of the fiduciary definition, Bradford Campbell, ERISA attorney and former head of EBSA, offered his insights today during...

IRS Discusses Retirement Plan Errors

Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service Employee Plans Examination Program discussed common retirement plan errors on a conference call with the media.

Gearing Up for 2012

During a webcast today, Marcia Wagner discussed ways for advisers to tackle the Department of Labor’s new rules in 2012.