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While registered investment advisors wont be exposed to the fiduciary rules more onerous contractual requirements, RIAs are not completely off the hook, according to a client alert from attorneys at Drinker Biddle.

The Supreme Court ruled that employee retirement plans of religious-affiliated nonprofits -- so-called 'church plans' -- are exempt from the protections and requirements of federal pension law.

The SEC is seeking comment on a laundry list of issues to inform 'possible future actions' by the agency on fiduciary duty rulemaking.

Excerpts from depositions were made public in an investors lawsuit accusing Theranos officials of misrepresenting the companys performance and blood-testing technology.

A case challenging the way Securities & Exchange Commission administrative law judges are hired has gone to an appeals court -- here's why it matters.

Vermont will soon have a state-administered multiple employer retirement plan to help the more than 100,000 people -- a third of its civilian workforce -- who do not have access to a workplace retirement savings plan.

Even as the fiduciary rule's impartial conduct standards go into effect on June 9, Acosta's decision not to delay the rule could prove a Pyrrhic victory for fiduciary rule advocates.

Analysts say the DOL decision not to further delay the fiduciary rule's June 9 compliance date was a blow to broker-dealers and asset managers.