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Investment Advisor
April 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: New Advice Rules Favor RIAs With the new rules brokers would charge a level fee, and couldn't give 'off-model' computer advice.   |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Failure to Compute? The Department of Labor is set to tell Congress by year-end if computer models are suitable for IRAs. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2010
Trone & Harvey |
Are The Retirement Waters Now Murkier? A 40-page document of new regulations from the Department of Labor sets out to ease the challenges of offering investment advice to retirement plan participants and to lessen any conflicts of interest. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010
Bo Bohanan |
Do You Really Want To Be A 401(k) Consultant? It is fairly easy to spot the advantages and opportunities of working in this marketplace. But, not all of the pitfalls are as evident. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Deciphering the Rules of Retirement Advice Title VI of the the Pension Protection Act, far from being a clear-cut signal for reps to dive into the retirement advice business, does, however, open the door wider to advice giving. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2013
Diana Britton |
The New Face of The Fiduciary Just when the industry thought it didn't have to worry about the DOL, the agency has made it clear that its fiduciary standard is imminent. For registered reps and RIAs alike, it could change the game. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Leading the Way This year is shaping up into one in which advisors will have to stay compliant with a plethora of retirement planning rules and regs if they expect to stay firmly rooted in the retirement planning arena -- and doing what's best for their clients. |
Registered Rep.
April 17, 2015
Megan Leonhardt |
DOL Moves Industry Closer to Harmonization The Department of Labor's proposal may represent the first step in a harmonized fiduciary standard by maintaining flexibility of business models. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Saxon & Breyfogle |
DOL Issues Favorable New Guidance on PPA "Investment Advice" Provisions The Department of Labor's Field Assistance Bulletin resolves some of the uncertainties created by the PPA and creates a new option for service providers that wish to provide investment advice without fee offsets or reliance on computer models. |
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Melanie Waddell |
Catching up with... An interview with Tom Grzymala, a former RIA and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Auditor about ensuring those advisors who proffer advice are living up to fiduciary standards. |
Investment Advisor
February 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Clear Road Ahead Commonwealth's retirement platform, Preferred Portfolio Services Retirement Solutions, keeps financial advisors compliant with ERISA and PPA. |
Financial Advisor
May 2007
Ken Ziesenheim |
Diamonds In The Rough The new Pension Protection Act offers opportunities for financial advisors, if you know where to dig. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007 |
That's Not How I Read PPA Letters to the editor: DOL Requires More Due Diligence for 401(k) Advisors... You say adviser, we say advisor... Corrections... |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2012
Elizabeth Wine |
Financial Advisors Turn to the 401(k) Market for More Business Advisors look to 401(k) plans as fertile ground for business. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Melanie Waddell |
DOL Issues Fee Disclosure Regs The Department of Labor introduced its proposed rules on enhancing the disclosures regarding fees that fiduciaries of employee benefits plans receive. |
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Mary Rowland |
Rough Road The rules on providing investment advice to 401(k) plan participants have been shifting, and the end of the controversy is not in sight. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
New Rules For 401k Advice The White House has proposed rules that require advisors to either use independent computer models that spit out advice, or else avoid steering workers into funds to which they are tied or that pay them a fee based on their recommendation. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2007 |
Confronting the F Word Experts suggest that reps who ultimately become fiduciaries will require additional training. Simply holding various series licenses is probably not going to cut it. There are now more options than just a few years ago. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Trolling for 401(k) Treasure Congress is expected to enact new pension legislation that would make it easier for financial advisors to work with participants in company retirement programs. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Trone & Harvey |
Get Smart When the U.S. Department of Labor speaks, we should listen, whether we work with qualified retirement plans or not. The DOL made several announcements in October that are going to be significant game changers for the financial services industry. |
Entrepreneur
December 2006 |
Advise Advisory Hiring fiduciary advisors for your employees. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement News DOL testimony on fiduciaries... Claims against advisors... Research on roller coaster redemptions... |
Registered Rep.
July 8, 2010
Michael Stillman |
For 401k Advisors, Comp Models Must Change In the short-term, financial advisors will need to adjust their 401(k) fee arrangements. For the long-term, registered reps may find it necessary to work with -- or become -- registered investment advisors. |
Financial Planning
January 5, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
The New Fiduciaries LPL and Fiduciary360 educate advisors on retirement consulting in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 era. |
Investment Advisor
April 2007
James J. Green |
Retirement Planning Balancing Act Being a financial advisor who focuses on selling and servicing corporate 401(k) plans is a matter of balance. |
Investment Advisor
February 2008
Kara P. Stapleton |
Win Over Those Rollovers There's a big business in moving clients to IRAs, the Cerulli Edge Retirement Edition study suggests. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009 |
Walking the Fiduciary Line on Retirement Retirement plans and their participants may need to use separate advisors who are separate fiduciaries, devoid of the potential for conflicts. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Megan Leonhardt |
SIFMA Questions The Numbers in White House Research on Broker Conflicts Investors could be losing 10 to 15 percent of their potential retirement savings because of conflicted advice from brokers, according to a memo written by White House economic advisors that could galvanize presidential support for new rules governing advisors of ERISA accounts. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008
Marla Brill |
Under Pressure Financial advisors who provide services to businesses with 401(k) plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act have a new reason to review fiduciary practices and double-check professional liability insurance. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008 |
News & Products, July 2008 Department of labor will continue to scrutinize the indirect compensation that advisors acting as pension consultants receive... The number individuals participating in HSA-eligible high-deductible health plans jumped significantly since 2004... etc. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Discord With DOL Squabbing over proposed final 401(k) advice rules. |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Juliette Fairley |
More 401(k) Avenues Demand is increasing for advisors who can help companies with their retirement plans. |
Financial Advisor
December 2008
Janet Aschkenasy |
Who Discloses What? New regulations clarify the duties of qualified retirement plan fiduciaries and advisors. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2011
Kristen French |
Breaking: DOL Will Repropose Its Fiduciary Rule The Department of Labor announced Monday that it would again propose its rule on the application of the fiduciary standard to retirement accounts. |
Registered Rep.
May 26, 2005
Kristen French |
Under ERISA, No Padding Profits with Revenue Sharing Under a recent Department of Labor directive, revenue-sharing arrangements between mutual funds and advisors to employee benefit plans can no longer be used to pad profits. |
Registered Rep.
January 16, 2013
Diana Britton |
DOL's Fiduciary Proposal Presents Renewed Threat to Securities Industry SIFMA expects a DOL fiduciary proposal in the second quarter of this year, renewing the industry's concern over the possible legislation, which the organization says is contrary to the SEC's. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Getting a Handle on 408(b)(2) The new Department of Labor rule will prove more onerous for Broker/Dealers than for Registered Independent Advisors. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
David Liebrock |
Mining 401(k) Gold Small- and mid-sized companies are looking for help with their retirement plans. Here's how to reach out to this untapped market. |
Registered Rep.
June 3, 2010
Kristen French |
For Fiduciaries, Fee Monitoring Gets More Scrutiny Advisors who act as fiduciaries have to keep a closer watch over fees and expenses than ever before. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Melanie Waddell |
Watch Those Fees! The Department of Labor gets tough on retirement plan fee disclosure. Financial advisors, take note. |
Investment Advisor
January 2007
Savita Iyer |
DC Advisor-Sponsor Matchmaker The relative lack of corporate advisors is a result of inertia on the part of plan sponsors; despite pronouncing themselves dissatisfied with their retirement plans, plan sponsors do not take the easy step of finding a new advisor. |
Registered Rep.
March 16, 2012
Kristen French |
Wire Houses Minting Fiduciary Advisors -- Or Are They? None of the firms will go on record as to whom specifically in the rank and file is adopting the standard, nor will they provide much detail on what that training looks like. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007 |
News & Products Participants who consistently held accounts in 401(k) plans from 1999 through 2006 increased their account balance at an annual rate of 8.7%... Rep. George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced the "401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007"... etc. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Focus! There's plenty to think about when doing retirement planning for clients; read on for the priorities that you should be doing something about, right now. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
Elizabeth D. Festa |
Fixing Fiduciary Failings The financial services world may finally be catching up with the fiduciary standards that Blaine Aiken, CEO of fi360, a Pittsburgh-area based firm that offers education and management support for the investment fiduciary profession, has been espousing for years. |
Investment Advisor
July 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Plans' Perilous Future Between threats of cutting tax benefits and crackdowns on non-compliant plans, for the retirement industry stakes are higher than they ever were. |
Registered Rep.
July 24, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Fee Disclosure - Can You Handle the Truth? New federal rules are forcing advisors to spell out what they're charging for running 401(k) plans and what their clients are getting for the money. It could lead to some difficult conversations. |
Financial Advisor
June 2011
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
Tapping 401(k) Opportunities Financial advisors in the 401(k) space are optimistic about future prospects in a shifting regulatory landscape. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2007 |
401(k)s Coming Your Way? Big Blue announced that it has hired Fidelity Investments and The Ayco Company to offer financial advice to its U.S. employees. IBM's move may be a first for a major U.S. company. That's good news for financial advisors. |
Financial Advisor
November 2012
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
No More Secrets New 401(k) fee disclosure rules could generate big opportunities for advisors. |
