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DOL fiduciary rule survives omnibus bill
By Nick ThorntonMissing from the more than 1,000-page bill was a rider that would defund Labors ability to implement a new rule.
December 09, 2015
Rep. Polis at center of DOL fiduciary stormAdvocates of the DOL fiduciary rule say requiring a new comment period is misguided and would kill the rule.
December 09, 2015
Rep. Polis at center of DOL fiduciary stormAdvocates of the DOL fiduciary rule say requiring a new comment period is misguided and would kill the rule.
December 07, 2015
Spending Bill Rider Would Delay DOL Fiduciary Rule by Adding Comment Period"Vigorously advocating for a rider on the year-end spending bill ... may sound harmless, but it is not," the Financial Planning Coalition said.
December 03, 2015
SIFMA Outlines 2016 PrioritiesSIFMA CEO and President Ken Bentsen listed the trade associations major initiatives, starting with cybersecurity.
December 02, 2015
Lawmakers Building Support for DOL Fiduciary Rule AlternativeA DOL spokesman says lawmakers are "undermining public confidence in the rulemaking process" by working on bill to block the rule.
November 30, 2015
DOL Fiduciary Rule Nears the Finish LineAs 2015 drew to a close, intense debate continued regarding the DOL's planned release in the first half of 2016 of its rule to amend the definition of fiduciary under ERISA.
November 23, 2015
The DOL's fiduciary rule: A contrarian viewThe Financial Planning Coalition is urging Congress not to block the DOL fiduciary rule.