On April 25, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) issued a final rule, the “Retirement Security Rule,” that significantly alters the definition of a “fiduciary” under the Employee ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has signaled it could move sooner rather than later on its own changes to investment advice and conflict of interest rules. Media reports are citing comments ...

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Fiduciary deeds are just one of several types of deeds used in property transfers. This type is used to transfer property such as real estate when the owner can’t sign a deed for legal or other ...

The Department of Labor better not wait too long to publish its redefinition of "fiduciary," a leading expert on retirement plan rulemaking said today. The DOL’s spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda ...

Virtually the only thing left for the Department of Labor to do with its fiduciary definition rewrite is to essentially make all first-time advice fiduciary, analysts agreed during a Thursday webinar.

W. Scott Simon is a principal at Prudent Investor Advisors, a registered investment advisory firm. He also provides services as a consultant and expert witness on fiduciary issues in litigation and ...

A group of 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, threw its support behind expanded fiduciary rules pending from the Department of Labor (DOL).

The future of the DOL’s fiduciary rule became uncertain on Thursday, after a US district court judge ordered a stay on the controversial regulation. In court documents, Judge Jeremy Kernodle stated ...

Opponents of the Labor Department’s newly finalized fiduciary rule fired their first volley to kill it in the courts this week, with a lawsuit filed in Texas. The plaintiffs include the Federation of ...