Department of Labor

A huge sigh of relief can be heard from the industry now that the Labor Department has announced it won’t enforce violations of its fiduciary ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants to know where firms having already implemented significant changes to comply with the looming DOL rule stand on a rumored ...

The exemption proposed in this document, if granted, would allow certain insurance intermediaries, and the insurance agents and insurance companies they contract with, to receive ...

If Vegas gave odds, the house would bet that the Labor Department’s fiduciary duty rule won’t take effect next April as planned.    Sarah Kelly, ...

Late last Friday, a U.S. District Court Judge in Washington, D.C. sided with the Labor Department and dismissed the National Association for Fixed Annuities’ lawsuit seeking ...

Six months after the Labor Department announced a $10 million settlement with Invesco Trust Company via a press release, the agency has finally released the ...

Clarity on what makes for a level-fee fiduciary. Guidance on what types of compensation arrangements may cross a line. A promise by the Department of ...

With under six months to go before the Labor Department’s fiduciary duty rule becomes applicable (see related story), you now have 34 new FAQs spread ...

Compare the DOL’s BIC Lite with the Full BIC The appearance of the Labor Department’s initial FAQs tied to its fiduciary duty rule (see related ...

This is the first set of potentially three frequently-asked-questions release by the U.S. Department of Labor targeting the agency's fiduciary duty rule. This is designed ...