Beginning in April, a select group of Merrill Lynch financial advisers will offer defined contribution (DC) investment consulting services to manage fiduciary risk.
Citi released a white paper that details issues facing broker/dealers and registered investment advisers (RIAs) with delivering services to meet recommended changes to fiduciary requirements.
Matrix Financial Solutions is expanding its core mutual fund trading platform, offering advanced plan proposal and management features for financial advisers.
Securian Retirement introduced a Client Servicing Calendar for financial advisers looking for opportunities to prove their value to retirement plan sponsor clients.
Now that the Department of Labor’s (DoL) regulation for 408(b)(2) has been finalized, it is important for plan advisers to understand how the final ruling impacts them.
Fee disclosure regulations, in-plan guarantees, target-date strategies and retirement planning optimism will significantly impact the retirement plans industry in 2012, predicts Chuck Cornelio, president of Lincoln’s Retirement Plan...
What will be the top four regulatory items for financial advisers to deal with in 2012? Josh Cohen and Ben Jones of Russell Investments shared their thoughts.
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...
Security Benefit Corporation, a Guggenheim Partners Company, has chosen Mesirow Financial to provide its customers with independent fiduciary services.
Transamerica Retirement Services has introduced an ERISA Section 3(21) fiduciary service to help retirement plan advisers and sponsors mitigate investment fiduciary risk.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued a final regulation regarding a new prohibited transaction exemption.
Although advisers have a higher approval rating than recordkeeper relationship managers among mid-market plan sponsors, they have been struggling to keep pace in the small-market, according to Richard Schroder, President...
Surveyed registered investment advisers (RIAs) said that the top reason investors choose to work with an independent RIA is because of the fiduciary responsibility that comes with the role....