Greg was a reporter for InvestmentNews from 2015 to 2019, covering defined-contribution plans, retirement planning, insurance, taxes and estate planning, before then moving to CNBC as a Personal Finance Reporter. He tweets at: @GregIacurci
Several plan providers have expanded their participant-call-center services to include fiduciary advice, and advisers must help clients navigate the change.
Trust arrangements may allow the Playboy magazine founder's third wife to receive an income stream without technically inheriting from the estate.
A dichotomy in the tax treatment of retirement deferrals and business income could discourage creation, maintenance of plans by some pass-through entities.
Lower tax rates for pass-throughs would benefit business owners, including many of them, but details surrounding capital gains taxes and the AMT are vague or nonexistent.
Litigation regarding retirement plan adviser fees is rare, but some believe it will become more prevalent.
After a decade of litigation, fees are lower and retirement plans are more transparent. But have the lawsuits gone too far?
The organization may eventually broaden a rule that already covers disbursements from brokerage accounts.
The plaintiff claims Voya potentially earns more than $1 billion per year in "excessive compensation" from its nearly 50,000 record-keeping clients.
Parts of the rule not subject to a contract requirement don't offer investors an avenue to recover losses if they receive bad advice.
The monetary agreement follows a court ruling last month.
