Tag: Investment advice
Industry Groups Warn DoL not to Regulate ‘Generally Accepted Investment Theories’
Retirement Plan Advisers Should Expect Broader Definition of Fiduciary Status
IMHO: “Access” Points
DoL Proposes Revamped Investment Advice Rule
Putting out Fires with Gasoline
The DoL pulls controversial participant investment advice rules—what’s next?
White House Unveils Retirement Initiatives
IMHO: "Hind" Sighted
DoL Discusses Lifetime Annuity Income Project
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) said it is investigating how it can best encourage the use of lifetime annuities or other similar instruments.
DoL to Outline Regulatory Agenda
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor will present video remarks by Secretary Hilda L. Solis outlining the department’s regulatory agenda.
IMHO: Thanks Giving
Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American” holiday.
Boehner Slams Obama Administration for Advice Move
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) today blasted the decision by the Obama Administration to withdraw the final regulations on investment advice.
EBSA Pulls Back Controversial Advice Mandate
The long saga of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) hotly debated investment advice rule took another twist today when the DoL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced the controversial final rule is being withdrawn.
IMHO: A SunAmerica Opinion
I am admittedly something of a pension (and regulatory) geek, but when the SunAmerica Opinion was published (December 2001), it was clear that something big had just happened.
House Lawmakers Hear Investment Advice Bill Pleas
Witnesses appearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee regarding the continuing debate of how retirement plan advice should be delivered to millions of workers had a simple message for lawmakers: Don’t break the current system.
PANC 2009: Fees Continue to Be Top of Mind for DoL
The regulatory tone is shifting in Washington, and plan advisers and their clients should be ready for changes, asserted speakers at the PLANADVISER National Conference.
IMHO: Under New Management
Sitting in the audience at the ASPPA/DoL Speaks conference last week, I was reminded just how disruptive it can be to have a new boss.
EBSA Sets Out Carrot, Stick Agenda
When it comes to employee benefit plans, there’s a new sheriff in town.
DoL Set to Drop Investment Advice Regulations
The Department of Labor is killing the final 401(k) investment advice rule under the Pension Protection Act, according to news reports.
Former Assistant Secretary of Labor Joins D.C. Law Firm
Schiff Hardin LLP has announced that former assistant secretary of labor for employee benefits Bradford P. Campbell joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation and ERISA Litigation groups.