Tag: Fiduciary adviser

A Step in a New Direction

Today’s business model may add wealth management and other services—how plan advisers make it work.

15th Anniversary of RPAY: Joe Connell

Though he now works under a different firm than when he won recognition as a PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year in 2014, Joe Connell says his core approach to the business remains the same.

States Start Knitting a Patchwork of Best Interest Fiduciary Regulations

With the judicial defeat of the Obama-era DOL fiduciary rule hanging in the air, individual states are moving to establish their own best interest regulations for the sale and service of investment products; attorneys warn that more piecemeal regulation is likely, as are lawsuits to test some complex ERISA preemption issues.

District Court Sides with Checksmart and Cetera in ERISA Fee Litigation

After siding with defendants and applying the shorter of two potential limitations periods, the district court decision states clearly that plaintiff’s claims are foreclosed by ERISA's three-year statute of limitations; the detailed decision tackles head-on a complex set of precedent-setting cases, including Tibble vs. Edison