Tag: SEC

The Insured Retirement Institute will spend the year pushing Congress and the Administration to advocate for legislation that would expand Americans’ access to advice and simpler annuities.

Whoever takes on the role of DOL Secretary will be tasked with overseeing the Trump administration’s response to the forthcoming fiduciary rule reforms. 

A new publication from the SEC outlines the five most frequent compliance topics identified in deficiency letters sent to SEC-registered investment advisers.

Among the topline priorities for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s examination staff during 2017 will be “the services provided by public pension advisers” and an “expanding focus on...

Since the DOL conflict of interest rule’s publication, mutual fund providers and their adviser-intermediaries have also been asking the SEC extensive questions about sales loads, fee schedules, etc. 

Robo-advisers gained some traction in the DC industry this year, and many have come to see how the technology could work with, rather than against, traditional advisers.

Mary Jo White, who became the 31st Chair of the SEC in April 2013, will be one of the SEC’s longest serving Chairs.

Retirement plan sponsors clients may see some effects from the new rules.

The SEC recently weighed in on whether offering a brokerage window in a 401(k) through which investments in employer securities can be made involves an offer of employer...

A look at the latest legislative, regulatory and judicial developments

The decisions are being made due to SEC money market fund reform.

The SEC adopted new final rules to enhance information reported by registered investment advisers under Form ADV. 

The payment is part of a settlement of a combined lawsuit by the DOL and SEC.

The SEC is bumping up staff for investment adviser examinations, but actions on a fiduciary rule and TDF disclosures are still pending.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing a new rule and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 aimed at bolstering advisory industry succession planning. 

A coalition of national financial and business trade groups has filed a lawsuit to strike down the DOL’s new regulations that will require most brokers and investment consultants...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has given several signs that it could soon introduce a uniform standard of client care for registered brokers and advisers.