Legal

Thanks to the fiduciary rule, lawsuits against it as well as against 401(k) and 403(b) plans, 2016 may go down as the most consequential year for the retirement market on record. What were the most important stories to you?

A case involving the New York State Common Retirement Funds director of fixed income exposes the seamy side of the management of pension money.

To qualify for the DOL's extended safe harbor and offer a government-run IRA, a city or county must have a population at least as large as that of the least populous state, Wyoming.

For litigants in Tibble v. Edison, the landmark 401(k) excessive fee lawsuit famous for making it to the Supreme Court, the end may be in sight.

For stakeholders against the DOL fiduciary rule who are hoping the Trump administration will intervene, time is running out.

Now that a federal appeals court has denied NAFAs emergency motion to delay the fiduciary rule, the organization may have to seek an expedited appeal, one expert says.