Tag: Department of Labor (DOL)

New rule language outlined by the Department of Labor will increase the number of advisers and brokers required to act as fiduciaries for investment clients.

As expected, financial services advocacy groups have plenty to say on the proposed fiduciary rule by the Department of Labor (DOL).

A former SEC attorney says retirement plan participant lawsuits don’t benefit anyone, but he has launched a new initiative designed to hold plan fiduciaries accountable for their actions.

Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) hopes it newest service innovation will have as big of an impact on retirement plan participant outcomes as the introduction of auto-enrollment.

The Department of Labor is hosting educational seminars during May and June that can help plan sponsor clients better understand their roles and responsibilities as retirement plan fiduciaries.

Significant retirement industry attention is fixed on the potential negative implications of a stronger fiduciary standard, but some advisers are actually looking forward to the new rulemaking.

The DOL sued retirement plan fiduciaries in Connecticut for failing to forward contributions and loan repayments withheld from participants’ paychecks as required by ERISA.

In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget, GOP senators predict dire consequences for American workers if the "fiduciary rule" has not changed significantly from the...

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration is holding a Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program webinar in March.

A bipartisan group of U.S. House members penned an open letter to the Department of Labor that demands more detail be shared about the ongoing fiduciary redefinition effort.

Implications of two litigation outcomes in June 2014 depend on the type of employee stock ownership plan an employer offers.

A number of elected officials have emerged on the side of financial advisers in opposing the Department of Labor’s fiduciary redefinition effort—introducing ambitious legislation to block changes to...

A webcast series from the DOL aims to help increase awareness and understanding about basic fiduciary responsibilities for plan sponsors of retirement or health benefit plans.

A federal court has ordered a fiduciary to repay $300,000 to a number of pension plans, for which the Department of Labor sued over misuse of assets.

President Barack Obama said he expects opposition from special interest groups to the pending fiduciary rule, even though specifics of the rulemaking have not yet been disclosed.

The Obama Administration is strongly backing the Department of Labor’s ongoing fiduciary redefinition effort, with the president advocating for a strengthened fiduciary standard amid a flurry of industry...

Defined contribution retirement plan sponsors are subject to many risks, which ultimately put a company’s reputation at risk, experts at Sibson Consulting note.