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Pass this jobs bill, models from Chile, and PPACA scores another point.

Testing these new compliance procedures using the DOLs own suggested Model Comparison Chart and BrightScopes listing of the top 10 most widely held 401(k) mutual funds astonished readers in many interesting and intriguing ways.

Obama tackles the NFL, COBRA gets bitten, brokers take a pay cut and fee disclosure regs coming

Have certain popular media outlets crossed the advertising/editorial line when opining on the impact of the DOLs new fiduciary rule?

The 408(b)(2) requirements are now effective as of April 1, 2012 (instead of July 16, 2011). The extension not only gives all of us in the industry extra time to prepare, but it also gives us a chance to stop, take a deep breath, and assess what our respective disclosure...

On the same day Phyllis Borzi, DOL Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security Administration, testified before Congress, Dale Brown, president and CEO of the Financial Services Institute, released a blunt statement on the DOL's proposed fiduciary rule, calling it troubling that we have reached this point in the process, and...

Lawmakers told Phyllis Borzi, head of the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on Tuesday, to repropose the agency's controversial regulation amending the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), because the definition offered is too broad and because EBSA failed to examine the...

The participant-directed retirement plan market is vast, consisting of an estimated 483,000 retirement plans holding nearly $3 trillion in assets and covering 72 million participants, according to the Department of Labor (DOL). For financial professionals who provide advice and services to this market, takeover plans are a sweet spot.