| Fiduciary Rule Shows Washington Compromise Can Still Happen |
| More than a few industry insiders and analysts have tipped their hats to DOL and Labor Secretary Perez for listening carefully to criticism and reshaping some of the most controversial elements of the new fiduciary rule.
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| Fiduciary Rule Will Affect Service to Plan Sponsor Clients |
| When the DOL’s fiduciary rule proposal came out last year, there was some concern that it would confuse and worry plan sponsors by requiring a sudden wave of Best Interest Contracts from advisers, even on one-time projects, such as defined benefit plan annuity purchases.
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| Biases May Lead to Savings Procrastination |
| According to a new study from Stanford University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Minnesota and Claremont Graduate University, “present bias” and “exponential-growth bias” in particular can wreak havoc on future funds.
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| Factor Investing on the Rise in Past Three Years |
| Factor investing, based on the idea that risks and returns of investments can be attributed to a common set of economic and style factors, has become popular among institutional investors.
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