Will the fiduciary standard go down with Obama? Will they finally pay attention to the 401k Fee ticking time bomb? And, when will they ever learn?
Trending Topics
As the fight shift from adopting a fiduciary standard to redefining “fiduciary,” we learn the fee-counters might be counting the chickens before they’re hatched.
A week with compliance news coming in from all sides. What issue will have the greatest impact?
Read the fallout from the mass market media op-eds that take opposite sides in the fiduciary standard debate while both taking flack from just one side – those in favor of the fiduciary standard.
With Congress in recess, the anti-fiduciary lobbyists have moved to major media outlets. Meanwhile, we’re continually discovering government regulation too often produces Rube Goldberg fiascos like target-date funds.
As economic news overshadows regulatory news, questions arise if the same political malaise eroding markets will soon also infect any possibility of moving forward with leveling the playing field on the regulatory front.
As the lobbyists get their Congressional minions to put the heat up on the DOL, a recent spat of investment articles accidentally show the need for a true fiduciary standard.
After two weeks in the Old Country, the Old Contributing Editor would prefer to have the jet lag wear off before putting pen to paper (or is it fingertip to keyboard?).
What’s an article look like when the editor is off discovering his roots in the Old Country?
Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 9/16/11
Has the SEC screwed the pooch regarding the uniform fiduciary standard? Will the same politics infect the DOL’s proposed Fiduciary Rule and Fee Disclosure Rule?