PRC comments to DOL on its proposed fiduciary rule (July 21, 2015)

PRC comments to DOL on its proposed fiduciary rule (July 21, 2015)

The Pension Rights Center submitted comments to the Department Labor on its proposed rules governing conflicts of interest in investment advice for retirement plans.

Related:

• Financial Illiteracy Meets Conflicted Advice: The Case of Thrift Savings Plan Rollovers — a draft paper cited in our testimony (May 2015)
• Save Our Retirement coalition’s statement after an initial review of the proposed rule protecting retirement savings (April 16, 2015)
• PRC’s fact sheet on investment advisers (April 10, 2015)
• A PRC blog entry about President Obama speaking at an event to mark the release of the proposed fiduciary rule (February 24, 2015)
• A PRC press release about the Department of Labor’s release of a proposed fiduciary rule to the Office of Management and Budget (February 23, 2015)
• A group letter to Congress in support of a strengthened and updated fiduciary rule (September 17, 2014)
• PRC letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.R. 2374 on fiduciary standards (September 30, 2013)
• Retiree Janice Winston speaks out in support of strong fiduciary regulations (September 13, 2013)
• Norman Stein calls for an end to conflicts of interest in investment advice (September 13, 2013)
• A PRC blog entry, explaining why H.R. 2374 should be defeated (July 16, 2013)
• PRC letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.R. 2374 on fiduciary standards (July 8, 2013)
• A group letter in opposition to H.R. 2374 that was sent to the House in June 2013 (June 18, 2013)
• Pension Rights Center testimony in support of the 2010 proposed fiduciary rules (July 26, 2011)
• Pension Rights Center testifies in support of proposed fiduciary rules (July 26, 2011) – See more at: https://pensionrights.org/newsroom/speeches-statements/pension-rights-center-testifies-support-proposed-fiduciary-rules-july-2#sthash.lUiovWLF.dpuf
• Letter and memo that the Pension Rights Center sent to Congress, expressing support for the 2010 proposed regulations (July 20, 2011)
• The Pension Rights Center’s supplemental comments on the 2010 proposed regulations (April 12, 2011)
• Norman Stein’s testimony at a Department of Labor hearing on the 2010 proposed regulations (March 1, 2011)
• A PRC blog entry on the importance of the proposed regulations (February 15, 2011)
• Comments on the 2010 proposed regulations to the Department of Labor, submitted jointly by the Pension Rights Center and the National Employment Lawyers Association (February 3, 2011)