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By Nevin E. Adams, JD 8/24/2020
Late on the afternoon of Aug. 21, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced that it will hold a public hearing on its new fiduciary rule proposal.
Specifically, the notice, which is expected to be published in the Aug. 25 Federal Register, is being held “to consider issues...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD 8/18/2020
In the latest of a series of regulatory announcements, updates and proposals, the Department of Labor (DOL) has unveiled an Interim Final Rule on lifetime income disclosures under the SECURE Act.
Under the Interim Final Rule, retirement plans would provide lifetime income illustrations using...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD 8/18/2020
It seems that the Department of Labor (DOL) is doubling down on its ESG information request campaign, now looking to the practices behind investments in, and monitoring of, ESG-themed ERISA plan investments by Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firms.
Earlier this year information requests...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD 8/10/2020
We’ve only just passed the effective date for the new e-delivery rules—but the campaign to undermine their impact is already underway.
Coincident with the official effective date of the new rules, the Pension Rights Center, a pension advocacy group, has just unveiled an “Ask for Paper” campaign...
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By Nevin E. Adams, JD 11/11/2019
On Oct. 22, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule that would provide the ability to default participants into electronic disclosure of certain required participant documents. This week, we’d like to know what you think, and how you’d improve/modify that proposal, if at all.
As...
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