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DOL Won’t Delay June 9 Fiduciary Rule Compliance Date: Acosta
By Melanie WaddellDOL has "found no principled legal basis to change the June 9 date while we seek public input," Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta said.
May 19, 2017
NAFA Presses DOL to Use Procedures Law to Delay Fiduciary RuleAn Administrative Procedure Act provision allowing delay of a rule during a court challenge seems to be the administration's best hope, the annuity group says.
May 08, 2017
NAFA Launches Campaign to Stop DOL Fiduciary Rule"NAFA is pulling out all the stops to try to prevent any part of this rule going live on June 9," says the group's director.
May 03, 2017
Financial Choice Act Debate Zeros In on DOL Fiduciary Rule RepealMeanwhile, the nine groups fighting fiduciary rule in Texas court filed an opening brief with the appeals court.
April 26, 2017
Financial Planners Fight Spending Bill Rider That Kills DOL RuleThe Financial Planning Coalition moves against other industry players who are "aggressively advocating" for a rider that would prohibit DOL from implementing the fiduciary rule.
April 25, 2017
Raymond James’ National Event to Highlight DOL Fiduciary, Politics & MarketsThe yearly conference for its independent advisors takes place this week in Orlando.
April 20, 2017
DOL Fiduciary Rule Hurts Now, Annuity Community SaysBlake Woodard, a life agent, writes in to remind the DOL that Bernie Madoff was a fiduciary.
April 14, 2017
AmeriLife Faces DOL Rule With Two-Track StrategyThe annuity distributor has set up an RIA, and it has also applied for financial institution status.