Tag: investment advice

Silhouettes of students Celebrating Graduation

One of the most fortunate events of my life was my first job after college at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR). Not because of the salary — I think I earned less than $40K. What was fortuitous were the early lessons I learned about building toward a secure retirement. Those lessons…

Finger on a keyboard button that says IRA with a piggybank icon

But courts block effort to curtail conflicts of interest. In October 2023, President Biden announced that the Department of Labor (DOL) would propose a new rule to protect people saving for retirement against conflicted advice. Under the current state of play, DOL regulations regarding advice to employer-sponsored plans are governed by ERISA’s fiduciary rule, whic…