Tag: Fiduciary

Using an independent RIA can mean the difference between information on plan fees … and no information whatsoever.

Staunchly supporting the DOL’s fiduciary proposal, the Financial Planning Coalition calls out recent legislative stall tactics.

Speaking at a Brookings Institution public meeting, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said he is “confident we will be making changes to improve and clarify our proposal.”

A lawsuit filed by two participants in an Allianz retirement plan claims the company and its asset management partners, including PIMCO, misused employees’ 401(k) plan assets for their...

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Clarifying regulations could help plan sponsors choose plan investments, the GAO says.

A construction company ceased operations in 2013 and has not paid 401(k) participants their plan assets, according to a lawsuit.

Plaintiffs in the case allege that Boeing breached ERISA fiduciary duties by permitting excessive fees to be charged to 401(k) plan participants.

A study commissioned by the Financial Services Institute says the amount is nearly 20 times the DOL’s estimate.

Focus on DOL’s fiduciary rulemaking is understandable—but there are other major regulatory changes in the works that will directly impact retirement plans.

There is perhaps no better venue than a marathon Labor Department hearing to show what practices and beliefs most divide an industry.

There are few, if any, regulations providing direct guidance on this matter.

The company’s suite of institutional retirement planning solutions will be offered to 401(k) plans recordkept by Wells Fargo.

The Department of Labor has released its agenda for next week’s public hearings to discuss the department’s proposed fiduciary rule changes.

The IRS employee plans unit will stop answering technical public questions shared via email in October.