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Who might lead the DOL under Trump? Here are 5 prospective candidates rumored to be under consideration.

The fiduciary rule is expected to massively disrupt how fixed indexed annuities are marketed to retirement savers. Here is one industry expert's take on what will happen to FIAs.

In an emergency motion seeking to delay implementation of the fiduciary rule by at least 10 months, NAFA says members are being forced to reorganize a massive product distribution system that has been in place for decades.

A coalition that includes the AFL-CIO, the Consumer Federation of America and the Pension Rights Center is asking Trump to keep the fiduciary rule.

In a second legal victory for the DOL fiduciary rule, a Kansas federal judge rejected insurer Market Synergy's request to block the rule.

For opponents of the DOLs fiduciary rule, delaying implementation may provide a path of lesser resistance. Still, insurance carriers and financial industry professionals can't afford not to continue with compliance efforts.

As a candidate, Trump said he would scrap Dodd-Frank, Congresss attempt to legislate new rules that would prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.

U.S. District judge in Texas hears arguments challenging the U.S. Department of Labor's fiduciary rule.