Operational challenges come with offering advice. The financial services profession is debating whether or not a practitioner is acting as a fiduciary when he or she delivers advice and services to ...

A recent $140 million fiduciary breach settlement involving Nationwide Financial should be a call to action for retirement specialist advisers, says David Witz of Fiduciary Risk Assessment LLC. After ...

“The history of the ERISA industry has shown that any time there’s real change there is also real opportunity that comes along with it.” Larry Crocker, chief executive officer of Fiduciary Consulting ...

Advocates promote graduate degree, certification in fiduciary leadership The Center for Board Certified Fiduciaries, a public benefit corporation, is seeking to affiliate with one or more universities ...

CHICAGO – Many advisers who already operate under a fiduciary standard may be under the impression that the new Department of Labor regulations won’t affect their business. That is not the case, ...

The Department of Labor (DOL) fiduciary rule has had a rippling affect across the industry. In addition to expanding the definition of a fiduciary, the fiduciary rule requires advisors to work in ...

The College for Financial Planning is helping more financial professionals raise their cache of credibility with clients with the launch of a new training program on its platform. The Kaplan company ...

It’s six-plus years in the making, and there shouldn’t be many surprises left in the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule. However, shockwaves may come from changes to business operations and the ...

Whether the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule survives a Trump administration-ordered review, practice-management experts say financial advisers should consider how to act in clients’ best interest.