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Sutter Health hit with second lawsuit over $3.7 billion DC plan

The class-action cases point to allegedly excessive investment management fees

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Outspent by Wall Street, investor advocates focus on educating lawmakers on advice issues

One goal is to fortify Democratic opposition to Reg BI

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How a Biden win in November reshapes investment advice rules

Democrats scrapping the Trump administration’s reforms hinges on who’s picked to lead the SEC

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Retirement advisory firms must adapt or face attrition

National aggregators are forcing independents to act

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ESG could thrive in 401(k) plans, despite DOL rule

Even as the regulator moves to stem the funds in retirement plans, there are ample opportunities, according to speakers at the NAPA 401(k) Summit

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SEC settles with charter-school operator over muni bond offering

The agency said Arizona’s Park View School misled investors about its financial condition

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From new normal to new paradigm

How half a year of quarantine has affected the financial services industry

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Enforcement, arbitration proceedings move online

Taking testimony, conducting depositions and hearings remotely gains acceptance

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Home office deduction limited to self-employed

Working from home during COVID-19 might not qualify for a tax break

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Keeping an eye on chats

The pandemic creates cracks in how firms oversee advisers’ communications with clients

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Brokerages push to extend delay of on-site inspections

Remote oversight is starting to change the concept of supervision

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Closed B-D means more unpaid investor claims

Capital Financial Services is shutting down, leaving clients on the hook

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Former Stifel broker ordered to pay $385,536 for fraud

SEC complaint charged Steven Rodemer with stealing funds from elderly client

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Texas revokes license of rep for Woodbridge Wealth sales

Kim Diane Butler breached fiduciary duty by receiving $300,000 in commissions on the sales

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401(k)s were considering annuities — then COVID-19 hit

The pandemic has shifted plan sponsors' priorities, according to a survey from T. Rowe Price

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Until Reg BI enforcement starts, we’ll have to take brokers’ word it’s working

Or you can rely on state securities regulators to provide data about advice reform

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Congressman wants to slow mutual fund fee litigation

Plaintiffs would face a hurdle in filing 36(b) claims against fund providers

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RMD return relief is over

Here are the rules on IRA rollovers that apply now that the Aug. 31 deadline for using the IRS relief has passed

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SEC orders advisory firm to pay $356,580 over fee disclosures

Signature Financial Services is the latest adviser to be caught in the regulator's 12b-1 fee dragnet

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ERISA lawsuit filed against Nvidia; suit against Cornell settled

Law firm Capozzi Adler filed its latest 401(k) suit and Schlichter Bogard & Denton reached a deal in a case against an Ivy League school