News & Analysis as of

Fiduciary Duty Field Assistance Bulletins Employee Benefits

McCarter & English, LLP

DOL Issues Guidance on Retirement Plan Treatment of Missing Participants with Small Balances

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has released Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-01 (the Bulletin), providing much-needed guidance to fiduciaries of retirement plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Too Much of a Good Thing? Environmental, Social and Governance Investment Considerations for Plan Fiduciaries FAB 2018-01 Part 1

On April 23, 2018, the DOL released Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2018-01 relating to (1) plan investment in “economically targeted investments (“ETIs”), (2) the exercise of shareholder rights and (3) investment policy...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOL Issues Temporary Enforcement Policy For Fiduciary Advice Rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On May 7, 2018, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) issued a temporary non-enforcement policy regarding its investment advice fiduciary regulation (the “Fiduciary Rule”) in Field Assistance Bulletin 2018-02. This guidance was...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Department Of Labor Has More To Say About ESG And Shareholder Rights

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On April 23, 2018, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 (“FAB”), which clarifies Interpretive Bulletin 2015-01 (relating to a benefit plan selecting investments to promote social policy...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

Department of Labor Secretary Acosta Announces Partial Implementation of the Fiduciary Rule

On May 22, 2017, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Alexander Acosta announced in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that the DOL will not issue another delay of the “fiduciary rule,” set to become generally effective on...more

Bowditch & Dewey

DOL Fiduciary Rule: Love It or Hate It, It’s Here

Bowditch & Dewey on

If you have an account in a retirement plan where you work or you own an Individual Retirement Account, you may get investment advice from an investment advisor. You might expect that advisor to give you advice that was in...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Department of Labor Secretary Acosta Announces Partial Implementation of the Fiduciary Rule

Robinson & Cole LLP on

On May 22, 2017, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Alexander Acosta announced in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that the DOL will not issue another delay of the “fiduciary rule,” set to become generally effective on...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

No Additional Delay on Effective Date of New Fiduciary Standards – DOL

This week, new U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Acosta announced that the final fiduciary regulations would go into effect on June 9, 2017. The Department also issued two pieces of guidance with regard to the regulations...more

Snell & Wilmer

Update – A Rule Deferred: Department of Labor Delays Implementation of Fiduciary Rule

Snell & Wilmer on

As we previously reported in our February 16, 2017 blog post, “A Rule Deferred: Department of Labor Delays Implementation of Fiduciary Rule,” the DOL anticipated delaying the effective date of the fiduciary rule by 180 days. ...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide