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Start planning now to understand and comply with the new fiduciary rule.
Start planning now to understand and comply with the new fiduciary rule.
A group of nine financial services and business trade groups today filed a lawsuit against the Department of Labor over its recent fiduciary rule, which greatly expands the definition of “fiduciary” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.
ABA on Thursday welcomed a proposal from the OCC that would make several regulatory adjustments as part of its efforts under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act to reduce unnecessarily burdensome or outdated banking rules.
The Department of Labor’s newly finalized rule expanding the definition of who counts as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act is estimated to cost $31.5 billion over the next decade, along with requiring nearly 57,000 hours in compliance efforts.
ABA pressed DOL for a number of changes from the proposed rule, which was widely viewed as draconian and unworkable. Two significant revisions in particular were made specifically as a result of ABA’s advocacy.
The Labor Department’s final rule redefining who counts as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Internal Revenue Code was released today and includes a number of revisions from its initial proposal, several of which were advocated by ABA.
Following ABA’s recent request, the IRS today said it would extend the compliance deadline for new proposed executor reporting requirements.
The OCC today issued a proposal that would make several regulatory adjustments as part of its efforts under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act to reduce unnecessarily burdensome or outdated banking rules.
As technology evolves, state-level stalwarts such as elder financial abuse and foreclosure are now sharing the legislative spotlight with novel issues generated from the success of Airbnb, Uber and other “sharing economy” firms.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network yesterday issued a proposal clarifying who is exempt from filing Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, or FBAR, under the Bank Secrecy Act.