Department of Labor

Financial professionals "could receive a wide variety of payments that would otherwise violate the prohibited transaction rules, including, but not limited to, commissions, 12b-1 fees, ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has given the green-light for pension fund advisers to invest their clients’ money in private funds, but compliance officers will ...

This document corrects two errors in the preamble of a document that appeared in the Federal Register on November 29, 2017.

This document extends the special transition period under sections II and IX of the Best Interest Contract Exemption and section VII of the Class Exemption ...

Wednesday's Federal Register will contain a formal order from the Labor Department delaying until July 2019 key elements of its controversial fiduciary duty rule.   This ...

The Department of Labor Aug. 9 filed a proposal with the federal Office of Management and Budget that seeks to delay its controversial fiduciary duty ...

With the initial phase of the DOL’s fiduciary duty rule kicking in last month and the rule being on the front burner for months, advisers ...

It’s been a virtual blizzard of surveys, economic studies, academic papers and industry comment letters ever since the Department of Labor finalized its fiduciary duty ...

Former Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Jay Clayton was sworn in May 4 as chairman of the SEC, two days after the Senate confirmed him for the role. ...

This document extends for 60 days the applicability date of the final regulation, published on April 8, 2016, defining who is a “fiduciary” under the ...