Tag: Investment advice

On Friday, the Department of Labor, as part of the White House’s Middle Class Task Force, formally unveiled a couple of initiatives.

The White House today proposed a new rule to implement the exemption for investment advice in the Pension Protection Act (PPA).

The Obama Administration on Monday released retirement initiatives, including establishing automatic individual retirement accounts (IRAs), simplifying and expanding the Saver's Credit, and updating 401(k) regulations to increase transparency.

What might the year past mean for the year ahead - on fee disclosure, target date funds, investment advice?  

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.

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor will present video remarks by Secretary Hilda L. Solis outlining the department’s regulatory agenda.

Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American” holiday. 

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) today blasted the decision by the Obama Administration to withdraw the final regulations on investment advice.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.  

When it comes to employee benefit plans, there’s a new sheriff in town. 

The Department of Labor is killing the final 401(k) investment advice rule under the Pension Protection Act, according to news reports.

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...

A Missouri broker who officials charge had improperly convinced investors to stop their 401(k) contributions and refinance their homes to make money available for unsuitable investments has been...

A closely watched U.S. House bill mandating comprehensive 401(k) fee disclosures and dealing with plans providing investment advice made it out of committee on Wednesday.

The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Pensions and Labor has approved the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act (H.R. 1984) and the Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act...