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The Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor credential can be earned by passing a 75-question exam, administered over three hours and covering ERISA plan and investment management issues.

Whats needed isnt a fiduciary standard. Whats needed is simply the eliminations of conflict-of-interest fees.

The marketing of IRAs has long been a tricky business.

Just because theyre supposed to know the rules doesnt mean they actually heed them.

The 10 largest class-action settlements in claims brought under ERISA topped $1.3 billion in 2014, almost 10 times the sum of the biggest settlements from the previous year.

Sponsors who use an objective, well-defined and transparent process for deciding how to handle revenue-sharing probably will not run afoul of ERISA.