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Labor released a proposed class exemption that would qualify IMOs as financial institutions under the rules Best Interest Contract Exemption. But there's a catch and it's called 'cash reserves.'

According to benefits attorney Fred Reisch: 'Insurance companies can market their group variable annuity contracts to 401(k) plans without concern of fiduciary status.'

A review of company websites for 25 brokerage and insurance firms challenging the Department of Labors fiduciary rule in court finds that firms present themselves to clients as working in a client's best interest, but in legal filings they claim otherwise, says the Consumer Federation of America and Americans for...

What 401(k) call-center representatives say to participants will be subject to the DOL fiduciary rule, but plan providers are taking different approaches to managing this fiduciary risk -- which means plan sponsors will have to step up their monitoring.

For all the industry debate over the DOL fiduciary rule, its necessity, or opposition to it, never emerged as a household issue, one industry expert says, explaining why any bills to kill the rule will move slowly.

Conversations with employers and analysis of employee behaviors have led to expectations of the following 7 chief trends in workplace benefits that Fidelity says we might see in 2017.

Legislation aimed at delaying the DOL fiduciary rule's implementation date has been introduced in the House of Representatives.

Retirement plan advisors should make sure theyre giving plan participants the service they need. Here are 3 ideas.