September 5, 2018
Bank of America Corp.’s wealth management arm Merrill Lynch is reintroducing brokerage capabilities to its retirement accounts, reversing a policy put in place to comply with Obama-era regulation. In response to requests from customers, the company expects to add a …
May 23, 2017
The U.S. Labor Department will implement its fiduciary rule on June 9 with no further delays, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said on Tuesday. The department’s rule, which requires brokers offering retirement investment advice to act in the best interest …
February 28, 2017
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce appealed a Texas federal judge’s ruling upholding a Labor Department’s regulation aimed at putting retirement savers’ interest first on Friday, the latest salvo in the securities industry’s fight against the regulation. Earlier this month, Chief …
February 9, 2017
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday upheld an Obama-era rule designed to avoid conflicts of interests when brokers give retirement advice, in a possible setback for President Donald Trump’s efforts to scale back government regulation. The stinging 81-page ruling comes …
February 6, 2017
President Donald Trump will order a sweeping review of the Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis, a White House official said, signing an executive action Friday designed to significantly scale back the regulatory system put …
June 17, 2016
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants you to believe it is looking out for the little guy in its fight against new government regulation of the retirement investment advice industry. But that is a facade – as one consumer advocacy …
April 6, 2016
U.S. brokers managing retirement accounts must adhere to tough new standards under an Obama administration rule released Wednesday that aims to protect millions of savers from conflicted investment advice. The Labor Department regulation, which gave the industry some concessions from …
December 9, 2015
Wall Street may get one more shot to derail rules championed by the White House that would put tighter restrictions on brokers who advise Americans on saving for retirement. While financial firms trying to kill the regulations still face long …