DOL Fiduciary Duty Rule

Ten days after new Labor Department Secretary Alex Acosta encouraged the SEC to enter the fray over a uniform fiduciary duty standard for investment advisers ...

Given the June 9 start date of the Labor Department’s fiduciary duty rule (IA Watch, May 23, 2017), here’s a sample of what your peers ...

Two weeks and counting. While the Labor Department won’t delay further next month’s implementation by the industry of “impartial conduct standards” under its fiduciary duty ...

The following FAQs provide additional information on the transition period from June 9, 2017 to January 1, 2018.1 This guidance, like the Fiduciary Rule and ...

Despite uncertainty about whether the Labor Department’s fiduciary duty rule will live or die –especially after its delay (IA Watch, April 13, 2017) – there’s ...

Former Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Jay Clayton was sworn in May 4 as chairman of the SEC, two days after the Senate confirmed him for the role. ...

For some industry heavy hitters, the 60-day delay of the DOL’s fiduciary duty rule implementation is simply not enough (IA Watch, April 5, 2017). The ...

The 60-day delay in the Labor Department’s fiduciary duty rule gives you more time to comply even if you’re left to spend it wondering what ...

This document extends for 60 days the applicability date of the final regulation, published on April 8, 2016, defining who is a “fiduciary” under the ...

The April 7 Federal Register contained a final rule officially pushing off the applicability date of the Labor Department’s fiduciary duty rule for 60 days.   ...