The terms fiduciary and fee-only are not interchangeable. Knowing the difference ensures investors get the advice and the consumer protection they need.

Department of Labor officials ushered in what is sure to be a fierce, and lengthy, legal battle today with a preview of its long-awaited, and industry despised, Retirement Security Rule. The official ...

The retirement planning ecosystem is undergoing significant shifts, from demographic changes and concerns of an aging population to economic instability. These converging factors cast a light on the ...

In the weeks following a ground-breaking Supreme Court case allowing individual 401(k) participants to sue employers, lawyers have been recommending that advisers require plan sponsors to purchase ...

The investment landscape has changed over time, and the Department of Labor (DOL) is intent on changing its regulatory scheme along with it. According to the IRS, in 2020 about 5.7 million Americans ...

The firms filed a suit in Texas court seeking to undue the Retirement Security Rule aiming to rework the definition of what constitutes fiduciary advice for retirement investing. The Department of ...

In making its argument, the Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice, Inc., an insurance industry group, and its co-plaintiffs harkened back to a previous attempt by the DOL to expand the ...

Are the insurance industry and its Washington, D.C., lobbyists winning the war against the Biden administration’s fiduciary rule at the expense of investors? Consumer groups and advocates who want a ...

The Department of Labor issued the final version of its investment advice rule last week, a sweeping change that makes one-time IRA rollover recommendations a clear fiduciary act. It has enormous ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fiduciary insurance underwriting company Encore (formerly Euclid) Fiduciary, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, announced that it has filed an amicus ...