The Department of Labor has sent to the Office of Management andBudget its final rule requesting a 60-day delay to theimplementation date of its fiduciary rule.
|The rule must be approved by OMB. Once approved, it willbe sent back to Labor for publication in the Federal Register.
|Labor announced on March 1 its proposed rule to extend for 60days — from April 10 to June 9 — the applicability dateof its fiduciary rule under the Employee Retirement Income SecurityAct.
|The proposal allowed for a 15-day comment period.
|Steve Saxon, chairman of Groom Law Group, told ThinkAdvisor in aWednesday email that Labor needs to announce the delay of therule’s applicability date soon.
|“We think OMB understands the implications, confusion anddisruption that will occur if the announcement occurs after April10. So, it would be a welcome sign if OMB completes its reviewwithin the next day or two. Further, we think DOL will move forwardwith the announcement as soon as possible after OMB clearance.”
|R. Alexander Acosta, President Donald Trump’s nominee to beLabor secretary, told the Senate Health, Education, Labor &Pensions Committee on March 22 that, if confirmed, he would follow the president’s Feb. 3 executiveorder directing Labor to review its fiduciary rule.
|Acosta’s confirmation hearing is tentatively scheduled forThursday.
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Melanie Waddell
Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2023. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.
