DoL-Investment Advice Regulations further Delayed.

As expected and as outlined in document below, the Investment Advice Regulations have officially been delayed. We believe this means the end of the class exemption and the computer model option.

DALBAR will be offering full briefings via Webcasts as part of our Retail Regulatory Reform services.

For more information you can contact Courtney O'Leary-Lima

1. 05/22/2009 - Investment Advice Regulations Delayed

Links to Key Papers and Articles

• Obama Retirement Security Agenda
• Retirement Security Project-Auto IRA
• Automatic IRA's Highly Probable
• Investment Advice Regs Delayed
• PPA is Alive and Well
• DoL Madoff Guidance
• Preparing for 408G Audits
• DoL Comment Letter
• Review & Analysis - DoL Investment Advice Proposal of August 21, 2008
• Congress on Fee Disclosures
• www.ppa-law.com This site provides a comprehensive collection of PPA legal and compliance resources for broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, investment adviser representatives, investment managers and plan sponsors seeking to offer participant-level investment advice to 401(k) plan participants.
   
• FAN Adviser Program Description
• What's an Erisa fiduciary to do?
• Fiduciary Adviser Compensation
• Who Wants to be a Fiduciary Adviser

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Pension Protection Act: Win, Win, Win for DC

The Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 has created opportunities for the defined contribution industry. Plan sponsors win through reduced liability by engaging qualified Fiduciary Advisers to advise participants. Fiduciary Advisers win by earning fees for helping participant to grow their retirement plan. Plan providers win because of higher plan balances and lower cost of service to participants. More...

FAN solutions include:

• Due diligence and adviser audit for plan sponsors
• Training leads and disclosures for advisers
• Promotion for adviser firms and plan providers
• Record Keeping for compliance and adviser compensation