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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Is It “Buyer Beware” with New Rollover Self-Certification?

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Barb Van Zomeren, Vice President, ERISA Federal agency retirement plan guidance has taken some interesting and surprising turns in recent...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Why Are Fees Our Only Focus?

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If I were to name one ongoing issue that has absorbed more time and energy for retirement industry regulators, and has been the paramount c...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Will Fiduciary Rule Survive Rising Tide of Lawsuits?

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The first week of June saw the filing of two lawsuits challenging the Department of Labor’s final fiduciary rule and its accompanying exemp...
Monday, June 6, 2016

Let’s Hope the Regulation is Worth It

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I’m sure that “the regulation” needs little, if any, further definition. Just as “the drive” in Super Bowl annals will always be associated...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Final Fiduciary Regs Pack Less Than Hurricane-Force Punch

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I’ve never directly experienced a hurricane.  But on Tuesday April 5 th , the day before the Department of Labor (DOL) officially issued it...
Monday, March 7, 2016

IRS “Future State” Could be Sad State of Affairs

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“Nothing is more certain than death and taxes.”  Certainly you’ve heard that expression.  These days there is a great deal of un certainty ...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Ends Seem to Justify Means for Partisan DOL

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For starters, we can dispense with the notion that federal agencies are always impartial and unfailingly neutral.   We know better.  We kno...