Legal

What to know about the DOL fiduciary rule, whether you're a broker-dealer, insurance agent, IRA advisor, registered investment advisor, or plan sponsor.

A participant in BP Corp.s retirement plan sued the company in Illinois to recover denied benefits from a life insurance policy. BP Corp. filed a motion to move that venue. Here's what happened.

In light of the DOLs recent hardline stance on the subject of plan sponsor obligations under ERISA (GAP Stores and others have recently been sued in breach of fiduciary lawsuits), I believe that the new safe haven transparency standard for plan sponsors must be fiduciary-level transparency.

An SEC investigation found that State Street brought in substantial revenue by misleading custody clients about currency exchange rates.

Do you provide Health Savings Accounts to employees? The DOL fiduciary rule affects how you communicate with employees about HSAs -- and more.

The investment committee for Franklin Templetons 401(k) plan allegedly cost participants tens of millions in investment losses.

In the real world of the DOL fiduciary rule, there's not one Best Interest Contract Exemption, but four, according to attorney Marcia Wagners interpretation of the rule.

Proposed Social Security legislation sponsored by five Republicans and one Democrat would increase the current payroll cap on Social Security taxes and raise the retirement age.