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Here are five issues which are likely to impact the retirement and pension industry in 2018.

A subtle but highly controversial provision of the Senates version of the tax reform bill, 'FIFO,' that would increase the capital gains exposure for millions of retirees has been pulled from the reconciled tax bill, according to a source speaking on background.

The DOL is pushing the scheduled January 1, 2018 implementation of the fiduciary rules Best Interest Contract Exemption, and other prohibited transaction exemptions, to July 1, 2019. Here's what that means.

Labor's Acosta told a House committee that DOL has already drafted regulations describing how it would handle violations of the best-interest standards.

The Maran case is a reminder that any firm considering an ESOP should follow best practices.

When it comes to the 401(k) industry, the brokerage model is no longer relevant, which makes the brokerage business unsustainable in the long-term.

The audits expand on a pilot project launched last year in Philadelphia and put more pressure on plan administrators to find former employees or their beneficiaries so that the benefits theyre owed can be distributed.

The PASS Act establishes a best-interest standard for broker-dealers, and keeps fiduciary rulemaking under the Securities and Exchange Commissions jurisdiction.