Compliance | April 16th, 2015 Changes Plan Sponsors Would See With New Fiduciary Rule Reading media reports about how the DOL’s new fiduciary investment advice proposal will affect adviser practices, plan sponsors may be...
Compliance | April 15th, 2015 Fiduciary Wording Invokes Storm of Comments The DOL’s release of the reworded fiduciary proposal was a critical event for the retirement industry—so there was no shortage...
Compliance | April 15th, 2015 DOL Says Protection and Flexibility the Themes of New Fiduciary Proposal Recognizing that the fiduciary standard applies to a myriad of highly specific circumstances, the DOL tried with its new proposal...
Compliance | April 14th, 2015 Fiduciary Rule Review Too Short, FSI Says The Department of Labor has shared long-awaited rule language that will fundamentally impact the way plan sponsors work with plan...
Compliance | April 14th, 2015 Broad Strokes of New Fiduciary Rule Outlined by DOL New rule language outlined by the Department of Labor will increase the number of advisers and brokers required to act...
Compliance | April 14th, 2015 DOL Says Today Is the Day for Fiduciary Rule Language After years of waiting, the retirement plan industry will later today see a revised “consumer protection proposal” from the Department...
Compliance | April 3rd, 2015 IRS Expands Auto-Feature Voluntary Correction Safe Harbors New safe harbor correction methods related to automatic enrollment features in defined contribution plans are being implemented by the Internal...
Compliance | March 31st, 2015 DOL Requests Continued Authority for Fee Disclosure Collection OMB approval for collection of information about service provider fees and conflicts of interest expires today.
Compliance | March 31st, 2015 IRS Modifies Compliance Resolution System The IRS is reducing voluntary compliance program fees for some plan failures.
Compliance | March 19th, 2015 SEC Signals Intent for Uniform Fiduciary Standard The Securities and Exchange Commission has signaled it could move sooner rather than later on its own changes to investment...
Compliance | March 13th, 2015 GOP Tells OMB to Proceed with Care on Fiduciary Rule In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget, GOP senators predict dire consequences for American workers if the...
Compliance | March 12th, 2015 Retirement Income Gap Projected at $7.7T According to the Pension Rights Center, the nation faces an almost $8 trillion shortfall in retirement income.
Products | March 12th, 2015 HR360 Offers 2015 Group Health Plan Notices Calendar HR 360 Inc. updated its Group Health Plan Notices Calendar to reflect 2015 requirements and deadlines.
Deals and People | March 12th, 2015 ASPPA Becomes the American Retirement Association The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries has rebranded as the American Retirement Association.
Compliance | March 6th, 2015 House Members Push DOL for Fiduciary Rule Details A bipartisan group of U.S. House members penned an open letter to the Department of Labor that demands more detail...
Compliance | February 27th, 2015 Advisers Gain Congressional Allies in Fiduciary Definition Debate A number of elected officials have emerged on the side of financial advisers in opposing the Department of Labor’s fiduciary...
Compliance | February 26th, 2015 DOL Series Takes on Fiduciary Challenges for Small Sponsors A webcast series from the DOL aims to help increase awareness and understanding about basic fiduciary responsibilities for plan sponsors...
Compliance | February 24th, 2015 Implications of Fiduciary Proposal Remain Opaque Many fear the new definition of fiduciary will make it harder for retirement plan participants to gain access to advice.
Compliance | February 23rd, 2015 Pushback and Applause for Obama’s Fiduciary Comments President Barack Obama said he expects opposition from special interest groups to the pending fiduciary rule, even though specifics of...
Compliance | February 23rd, 2015 President Fires Warning Shot in Fiduciary Rule Debate The Obama Administration is strongly backing the Department of Labor’s ongoing fiduciary redefinition effort, with the president advocating for a...