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Get the latest news and insights on the Department of Labor's moves around the fiduciary rule, other financial regulations, enforcement actions and more.
Lessons for Advisors From Indecipherable DOL Fiduciary Rule
By Bill GoodA free Microsoft tool can make your own letters, blog posts and proposals understandable, unlike the DOL's fiduciary rule.
May 25, 2016
DOL Will Rely on Consumers, Advisors to Help Enforce Fiduciary Rule: BorziAt the launch of an investor awareness campaign, DOL's Phyllis Borzi and Vanguard founder John Bogle talk about the rule's effects and about future regulation.
May 25, 2016
DOL’s Best Interest Standard May Be Tougher Than It LooksThere were a number of excellent comments to my last blog, including a tome-like tutorial by Ron Rhoades on best interest and sole interest standards.
May 24, 2016
Will the DOL rule be catastrophic for advisors?Will the DOL fiduciary rule be a catastrophic event for the industry? Time will tell what the long-term impacts will be.
May 24, 2016
Will the DOL rule be catastrophic for advisors?Will the DOL fiduciary rule be a catastrophic event for the industry? Time will tell what the long-term impacts will be.
May 24, 2016
DOL’s Hauser Warns BDs to Prep for Fiduciary Deadline; AARP to Deploy ‘Mystery Shoppers’Hauser says BDs should be "nervous" if they aren't ready by April; meanwhile, AARP plans to assemble mystery shoppers to see if advisors are complying.
May 23, 2016
Finke: DOL Rule May ‘Drop Bomb’ on Asset Management IndustryAnnuities, nontraded REITs and even mutual funds face a transformed environment under the DOL fiduciary rule, Michael Finke writes.
May 19, 2016
‘Befuddled’ Clients, Compliance Headaches Worry Advisors in Wake of DOL Fiduciary RuleA panel at the Envestnet Advisor Summit on Thursday addressed the concerns advisors have with the DOLs conflict of interest rule.