Uncertainty over the Labor Department rule, in addition to a potential SEC fiduciary regulation and others from the states, was a primary contributor to the industry's slide.
Fees are one of the most important metrics for advisers and plan sponsors when selecting TDFs.
Advisers should position the products more like fixed income than equities.
There's no hard-and-fast rule, but too many can overwhelm participants and breed bad decisions.
Lower tax rates make it more advantageous to fully fund pension plans, often a prerequisite to conducting a pension risk transfer.
The former CFO at American Realty Capital Properties Inc. was previously sentenced to 18 months in prison for securities fraud.
The DOL fiduciary rule and excessive-fee lawsuits are combining to raise the profile of fiduciary retirement plan advisers.
The products, also known as structured or variable-indexed annuities, have gained market share, and more insurers are rolling them out.
SEC says the firm profited at the expense of customers in trades from 2011 to 2015
Traditional LTC insurers continue to be dogged by miscalculations on old policies.
