Federal Regulation
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Feds Postpone Implementing Plan Advice Rules
By Trevor ThomasThe U.S. Department of Labor is extending a comment period for a final regulation that would allow 401(k) and other retirement plan fiduciaries to give plan participants investment advice.
February 18, 2009
Agent Groups Clash On OFC PushThe National Association of Professional Insurance Agents and Agents for Change already are sparring over the new optional federal charter push.
February 18, 2009
IRS Posts Tables For A New WorldThe Internal Revenue Service has published an actuarial table update to help taxpayers handle the new low-interest-rate environment.
February 17, 2009
IRS Posts Tables For A New WorldThe Internal Revenue Service has published an actuarial table update to help taxpayers handle the new low-interest-rate environment.
February 17, 2009
Agent Groups Clash On OFC PushThe National Association of Professional Insurance Agents and Agents for Change already are sparring over the new optional federal charter push.
February 13, 2009
ACLI Counters Anti-OFC LetterThe president of the American Council of Life Insurance is disagreeing with a consumer group's assertion that creating an optional federal charter would "federally deregulate insurance."
February 12, 2009
SEC requires new reporting languageThe Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring 500 companies, both in the United States and elsewhere, to file financial statements in a new interactive format...