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Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor,at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor, at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor, at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor, at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
While the Securities and Exchange Commissioners were hardly unanimous in their assessment, they voted 4-1 to release for public comment a set of proposals to “enhance the quality and transparency of investors’ relationships with investment advisers and broker-dealers while preserving access to a... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor, at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor, at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor, at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
An upcoming NTSA webcast will take a closer look at the requirements of the restatement. It will look at the requirements of completing all provisions in the plan.NTSA Webcast: The New 403(b) Plan Documents Part II: Don’t Even Think About Removing My Appendix!Wednesday, March 28, 20182:00 - 2:50 p.... READ MORE
The Labor Department finally came up short in federal court — but trade industry headlines notwithstanding, like Mark Twain, the rumors of the fiduciary rule’s “demise” might be a bit premature.It was the first loss in court (U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. DOL, 5th Cir., No. 17-10238, order reversing... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a new feature for the 403(b) Advisor. It is provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b)... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a feature provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b) Advisor, at jiekel@usaretirement.... READ MORE
Georgetown University and two of its officers are the latest to find themselves in the crosshairs of an excessive fee suit.The suit (Wilcox v. Georgetown Univ., D.D.C., No. 1:18-cv-00422), filed Feb. 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that rather than “…leveraging... READ MORE
Editor’s Note: ERISA Tips is a new feature for the 403(b) Advisor. It is provided with you in mind — to make the newsletter more useful to you! If you have any content for ERISA Tips or the 403(b) Advisor that you would like to contribute or suggest, please contact John Iekel, editor of the 403(b)... READ MORE
Headlines notwithstanding, the fiduciary regulation has been in effect since June of last year — but there are misunderstandings aplenty, and in his most recent blog post, Fred Reish takes one on. Reish explains that there had been a common belief among advisors that fiduciary status could be... READ MORE
Legislation that would repeal the DOL’s fiduciary rule would have a negligible effect on federal revenues, say multiple cost estimates.The Affordable Retirement Advice Act for Savers (H.R. 2823), introduced by Rep. David Roe (R-TN) on June 8, 2017, would repeal the fiduciary rule. The bill also... READ MORE
So what plans ARE covered by the fiduciary rule? MarketBeat features a blog post by Fred Reish (with help from some of his colleagues at Drinker Biddle) addresses that question, as well as which plans the rule does not cover. READ MORE
The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on Sept. 15 announced that it has extended the employee benefit plan compliance guidance and relief it issued for victims of Hurricane Harvey to those affected by Hurricane Irma. Verification procedures for plan loans and... READ MORE
The U.S. House on Sept. 14 passed a bill that contains a sentence that seeks to do away with the fiduciary regulation — with language that some might find eerily prophetic.H.R. 3354, which would fund government operations for fiscal year 2018, makes a brief, but powerful, statement about the... READ MORE
The American Retirement Association, parent organization of the NTSA, has weighed in on extending the special transition period under the Best Interest Contract Exemption (and related exemptions).Consistent with its earlier comments, the comment letter directed to the Labor Department supports a... READ MORE

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