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Federal authorities for the first time have directly included rollovers and IRAs in their latest fiduciary standard proposal, and that could have a huge impact on firms in a fast-growing and profitable segment of the retirement savings industry.

Does the SEC's proposed budget reveal where the agency will be looking in the coming two years?

The giant IBD's lingering compliance issues should be "all done in 2015," says chairman and CEO Mark Casady.

While some retirees work even after they are financially secure, a full 46% would have retired four years early if they could have afforded it; Plus, cookie cutter solutions won't do.

The challenge for traditional firms like Wells Fargo Advisors, says its new digital head, is taking the reputation it has built through one-on-one client relationships over years and translating that for a digital age.

How these leaders forge stronger relationships with advisors.

U.S. asset-management executives met with international regulators to make the case that their firms don’t pose a risk to global financial stability.

Advocates for a new, stricter standard say momentum is on their side, while opponents argue that the rule-making process is too hasty.

As the DoL proposal enters the public comment period, here are two things 401(k) professionals and advisors concerned with how to comply should keep in mind.

Some of the proposed exemptions could be so expansively interpreted that they permit the egregious conduct that bona fide fiduciary standards are designed to constrain.