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FINRA Share-Class Sweep Highlights Importance of CooperationThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced the final results of its mutual fund waiver initiative—the agency’s aggressive multiyear effort to ensure member...
FINRA Share Class Sweep Highlights Importance of Cooperation
The regulator granted significant credit for “extraordinary cooperation” to those firms which were proactive in identifying and fixing issues related to fee waivers for certain mutual fund share classes.
Breaking Down Fiduciary Uncertainty for Plan Sponsor Clients
Backing away from the topic of the DOL fiduciary rule, ERISA attorney Fred Reish focused his speech at the Plan Sponsor Council of America’s national conference on general compliance duties of ERISA plan sponsors; he noted that courts have applied what is called the “two hats” doctrine.