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Employee Benefits Security Administration Investment Adviser

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

DOL proposes VFCP self-correction

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed updates to their Voluntary Fiduciary Compliance Program (VFCP), which would allow a self-correction component. The EBSA proposal includes a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

DOL to expand on new fiduciary rule

Revising the new fiduciary rule is on the drawing board for the Department of Labor (DOL). the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) plans to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) addressing the definition...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Biden Directs DOL to Consider Rescinding Trump-Era Rule on Environmental, Social and Governance Investing

President Biden signed an executive order on May 20 on climate-related financial risk that seeks to change the rules regarding the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments in retirement plans. The order...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The CFPB Digs Into “Seasoned” Qualified Mortgages

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In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to create a new category of “seasoned” qualified mortgages; the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of...more

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DOL ERISA Enforcement

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The U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) is responsible for the enforcement of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1975 (ERISA). EBSA recently announced that, in 2017, by...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

2017 in Review: ERISA guidance and enforcement

In 2017, the principal focus in the administration of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), by the Department of Labor (DOL) appropriately remained one of the extraordinary developments...more

Clark Hill PLC

DOL Extends Fiduciary Rule Effective Date for 60 Days

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On April 4, 2017, the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration ("EBSA") issued a final rule extending the effective date of the DOL's fiduciary rule by 60 days, meaning the new effective date is June 9,...more

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DOL Proposes to Delay Fiduciary and Beryllium Rules

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In response to recent presidential directives, the U.S. Department of Labor is taking steps to delay the applicability and effective dates of two rules. First, the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has...more

Burr & Forman

New Fiduciary Rule for Retirement Plans

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On April 6, 2016 the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration ("EBSA") issued its long awaited final rule redefining a fiduciary investment advisor (also known as the "conflict of interest rule"),...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Advisors Advantage - May 2016

The Struggles Of Being A Retirement Plan Provider And How To Manage It. What you have to deal with. Any good retirement plan financial advisor will tell you that relationships in the retirement plan business mean...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

DOL Open to Changing Fiduciary Proposal, But Some Press for it to be Scrapped

As we wrote about previously, in April the Department of Labor issued its highly anticipated, re-proposed regulation addressing the standard of care for broker-dealers and other financial professionals who provide retirement...more

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