Letter to 33 companies asks six questions, including whether they support the delay or would reverse course on changes already implemented if a delay occurs.
It's not clear how President-elect Donald J. Trump's nominee for Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, would approach the Treasury estate-tax rule.
Severance pay does not count, nor do trailing insurance commissions.
Donald Trump can undo the new rules on financial advisers but not the new skepticism of their advice.
Seventy percent of Americans get a refund after filing their income taxes, yet many of us would rather go to the dentist than do the paper work.
The most surprising aspect of the second round of adviser FAQs is they concentrate on behaviors that will legally and appropriately circumvent fiduciary accountability.
Ms. White is departing the agency at noon on Friday, just as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn-in.
A Consumer Federation of America report says broker-dealers and trade groups claim they are advisers when marketing to the public but salesmen when fighting the DOL fiduciary rule in court.
If granted, the change would make it easier for some indexed annuity distributors to sell commission products under the Labor Department regulation.
Advicent's Naviplan software will broaden advisers' view of client financial picture.
Differentiating themselves from brokers would be easier now that debate has raised investor awareness of the role of a fiduciary
CEO says he got the idea by talking to firms during a "listening tour" shortly after taking over the reins of the securities industry regulator.
Connecticut adviser John W. Rafal obtained a new client with accounts in excess of $100 million, and agreed to pay the referring attorney $50,000 annually from the advisory fees paid, according to the SEC.
The regulator makes it a top priority for 2017, establishing an exam unit to ferret out rogue brokers and scrutinizing how firms supervise them.
Ash Narayan settles case alleging he accepted $2 million from failing company he recommended to clients
The rules, which include having written policies and procedures and a designated chief information security officer, could become a model for other states.
DOL says it promoted tools it found useful, including a link for finding local CFPs, but is open to hearing from other designation sponsors.
Advisers can continue to offset a level fee charged on retirement-plan assets with revenue-sharing payments such as 12b-1 fees.
Says wirehouse overbilled investment advisory clients due to coding and other billing system errors.
