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Jason Roberts: 'We know where the administrative hot spots are.'

ERISA attorney co-founds venture to take advantage of DOL's liberal new pooled 401(k) plan guidelines, a boon for RIAs looking to break into the business

The new San Diego firm will be a TAMP-like unit that gives a way for small companies to get big-plan leverage while still letting RIAs handle the investment advice, says CEO Jason Roberts.

June 23, 2022 at 6:56 PM

David Gray: There is growing interest from plan sponsors for vehicles that enable them to provide their employees access to digital assets in defined contribution plans.

Fidelity shrewdly side-steps DOL 's 401(k) crypto guidance--and ERISA -- to pioneer profit center by adding Bitcoin to plan menus, knowing plan sponsors are game to shoulder the liability if need be

The $12-trillion Boston firm shocked everyone with the timing of the 'seminal' move, the Labor Dept.'s tut-tutting 'guidance' not withstanding, after concluding Bitcoin's volatile days are behind it.

April 29, 2022 at 2:08 AM

Ali Khawar: The department concluded it was important to release a statement cautioning fiduciaries.

Dept. of Labor throws its 2020 self under the bus and walks back Trump-era guidance that appeared to open the door to private equity investments in 401(k) plans

A Trump administration 'information letter' affirmed that PE investments could be an 'enhanced' investment option for participants in defined contribution plans under ERISA.

December 23, 2021 at 3:25 AM

Aron Szapiro: Undoing this rule is key to mainstreaming ESG.

Big effect of DOL's proposed undoing of Trump-era 401(k) ESG investing chill is to permit ESGs TDFs as default option where BlackRock and Natixis have products

The Labor Dept. stops short of giving fiduciaries environmental, social and governance factor carte blanche but recognizes non-pecuniary factors are legit considerations.

October 14, 2021 at 1:08 AM

Jason Roberts: It can be bet-the-company stakes.

The DOL's Trump-era reprieve from rollover fiduciary rigor is over with aspects of remedy that might 'scare the daylights' out of defense lawyers

The Biden DOL is cool with surprisingly toothy rules it inherited that are sure to cause some RIAs to scramble and may be easier for broker-dealers to manage.

February 13, 2021 at 2:29 AM

Jason Roberts: The penalties are set in stone.

With the DOL's new rule 95% likely to get finalized, RIAs need to be wary -- it targets them with new letter-of-the-law ERISA red tape

Right now, most RIAs recommend IRA rollovers without having to jump through a lot of hoops, but DOL's 'exemption' makes a federal case out of suggesting the move away from the protection of the employer’s plan

July 14, 2020 at 7:21 PM

Fred Reish:  Broker dealers have tried everything in their power to be fiduciaries – while still having commissions. They’re the big winner here.

New DOL fiduciary 'rule' unshackles broker-dealers to pursue commissions, declaring brokers ERISA fiduciaries by making simple disclosures

The new rule lets advisors 'exemption shop' and DOL promises brokers it'll take only about $35 worth of their time to mix commissions with advice.

July 10, 2020 at 2:21 AM

John Swolfs: Event-focused organizations around the world are trying to hold their events in the most timely and effective manner that they are able. Inside ETFs and the rest of the financial event industry are all looking forward to having more flexibility after Covid has passed.

Oisín's Bits: With COVID-19 spiking in 27 states, RIA events like Wealth/Stack fight for late 2020 conference slots • Black Diamond taps startup Canoe for alternatives reporting • DOL quantifies RIA numbers

The InsideETFs event will compete with InvestWest for coveted late 2020 date, but without Josh Brown's stardust • SS&C's move follows Addepar advance and will include Advent products• The DoL sees net gains in RIAs of about 300 a year

July 8, 2020 at 2:23 AM

Marcia Wagner:  The new rules may appear more lax, but the Obama Administration rules may have been overkill.

New 'anti-regulatory' DOL Fiduciary Rule figures to keep $10-trillion IRA market under the IRS, allow some conflicted advice; does Rule's revival from dead presage Joe Biden presidency?

The rush to enact rewritten DOL Fiduciary Rule is a 'mystery' given Wall Street's presumed preference for defaulting to status quo; has presidential polling adverse to Donald Trump restored a sense of urgency?

June 4, 2020 at 2:28 AM

Massachusetts regulator William Galvin's reputation precedes him in taking a look at Fidelity's 'infrastructure' fee.

Fidelity's 2016 'secret' fee fix for 'broken' 401(k) business model may spark fresh state and federal 401(k) crackdown on heels of investor civil suits

The DOL, William Galvin and a class action hang over the Boston 401(k) king's 15-basis-point fee, but experts think Fidelity -- its squirrel-y disclosure aside-- can fight the charges

March 18, 2019 at 9:28 PM

New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood leading coalition

Posse of top cops from 17 states dresses down SEC, demand same fiduciary standards for broker-dealers and RIAs and cite other 'egregious' deficiencies in proposed son of DOL rule

Since the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in March struck down the Department of Labor's (DOL)  embattled "fiduciary rule," broker-dealers have been operating with a virtual "get-out-of-jail-free" card

August 10, 2018 at 8:18 PM

Jason Roberts: What blew my mind is it’s one thing to evaluate your policies when you need to adopt them in the future, but it’s another thing to bake them into your manual.

How Scottrade's 'pain'-seeking sales tactics and 'cut-and-paste' lawyering allegedly led to breaching a DOL rule

Massachusetts securities cops seized on DOL rule clause still under delay and seeded effects for brokerage business that are pervasive and lasting

March 1, 2018 at 1:08 AM

The RIA conscience knows no past or future but plenty of sparks.

The top 10 most-read RIABiz articles of 2017 told stories about what RIAs, brokers, vendors can get away with post-DOL rule

Change is abrupt, pain is severe but most of it can be traced to custodians and advisors taking their medicine preemptively

December 28, 2017 at 8:49 PM

Micah Hauptman: We are not taking this lightly.

Pro-DOL rule forces sharpen knives now that DOL rule's 18-month delay is carved in stone

Labor Department loses formerly effective duck-and-weave defense tactic after 'U-turn' toward a more Wall Street golden goose ethos

November 28, 2017 at 10:14 PM

The DOL told Judge Nelson to pause her findings on Thrivent because BICE may get mooted.

Why brokers can't exactly relax even after DOL promises, in effect, to drop BICE from its rule, then delays it 18 months

Attorneys caution DOL-weary execs that Department of Labor can't huff, puff and ramrod through a big change, and even a rule delay is fraught for brokers that treat it as a pure reprieve

August 29, 2017 at 9:12 PM

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