Article: Giving advice a push.(Editorial)

Article: DOL opens advice window; Agency proposes allowing ...
Pensions & Investments;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... to receive investment advice, but the proposed exemption ... R-Ohio, insist that DOL action is needed to provide ... meaningful relief from the advice prohibitions. "Americans ... advisers to give investment advice to the largest possible ... Johnson LLP, Washington. DOL officials say the ...

Article: LEGISLATION CALL: DOL seeks to lift advice ...
Pensions & Investments;  September 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... from offering true advice." Despite the failure ... the Andrews bill, DOL officials say they ... all-clear from the DOL that providing advice would not increase ... still missing But the DOL officials declined to define "good" advice.

Article: SRI soars in 10 years since Calvert asked DOL's ...
Pensions & Investments;  June 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... attitude needed to change and requested an advisory opinion from the Department of Labor. In a May 28, 1998, response, the DOL advised Calvert that the fiduciary standards of ERISA did not preclude socially screened funds, as long as "the investment ...

Article: DOL Gives SunAmerica Advice the 401 OK.(Department ...
Financial Planning;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... or augment pending 401(k) advice legislation, such as the Boehner ... the details? And what does "advice" mean anyway? SunAmerica ... create a whole new model for advice, requiring 401(k) providers ... fees from the provider. "The DOL requires a third party for asset ...

Article: DOL Approves Landmark Exemption; 401(k) Investors To Get ...
PR Newswire;  October 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... retirement planning advice. The DOL granted a Prohibited ... charged a fee for advice. This is the first ... ago. TCW Obtains DOL Exemption 2-2 ... TCW." TCW Obtains DOL Exemption 3-3 ... Independent Experts Key to Advice TCW is assembling ...

Article: DOL Proposes Rules On Investment Advice Exemption ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  September 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Department of Labor ("DOL") announced the ... exemption for investment advice to participants in ... disclosure requirement. DOL simultaneously published ... professional investment advice. It would provide ... IRAs. As a result, DOL was to determine whether ... computer model investment ...

Article: DOL Issues "Plan Asset" Advice for Insurance ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  October 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... insurance company. In these circumstances, DOL concluded that, for purposes of the ERISA ... Opinion and its reasoning should be useful: DOL ratified and elaborated a legal point made ... and is not intended to constitute legal advice. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan 1275 ...