PRC testimony to EBSA on conflict-free investment advice (August 12, 2015)

PRC testimony to EBSA on conflict-free investment advice (August 12, 2015)

08/12/15

PRC Senior Policy Advisor Maria Freese testified on Day Three of a four-day Department of Labor hearing on the proposed rule on conflicts of interest in investment advice. Read her testimony here [PDF].

Related:

  • Pension Rights Center’s comments to the Department Labor on its proposed rules governing conflicts of interest in investment advice for retirement plans. (July 21, 2015)
  • Financial Illiteracy Meets Conflicted Advice: The Case of Thrift Savings Plan Rollovers — a draft paper cited in our testimony (May 2015)
  • PRC’s fact sheet on investment advisers (April 10, 2015)
  • A PRC blog entry about President Obama speaking at an event to mark the release of the proposed fiduciary rule (February 24, 2015)
  • A PRC press release about the Department of Labor’s release of a proposed fiduciary rule to the Office of Management and Budget (February 23, 2015)
  • group letter to Congress in support of a strengthened and updated fiduciary rule (September 17, 2014)
  • PRC letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.R. 2374 on fiduciary standards (September 30, 2013)
  • Retiree Janice Winston speaks out in support of strong fiduciary regulations (September 13, 2013)
  • Norman Stein calls for an end to conflicts of interest in investment advice (September 13, 2013)
  • A PRC blog entry, explaining why H.R. 2374 should be defeated (July 16, 2013)
  • PRC letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.R. 2374 on fiduciary standards (July 8, 2013)
  • group letter in opposition to H.R. 2374 that was sent to the House in June 2013 (June 18, 2013)
  • Pension Rights Center testimony in support of the 2010 proposed fiduciary rules (July 26, 2011)
  • Pension Rights Center testifies in support of proposed fiduciary rules (July 26, 2011) – See more at: https://pensionrights.org/newsroom/speeches-statements/pension-rights-center-testifies-support-proposed-fiduciary-rules-july-2#sthash.lUiovWLF.dpuf
  • Letter and memo that the Pension Rights Center sent to Congress, expressing support for the 2010 proposed regulations (July 20, 2011)
  • The Pension Rights Center’s supplemental comments on the 2010 proposed regulations (April 12, 2011)
  • Norman Stein’s testimony at a Department of Labor hearing on the 2010 proposed regulations (March 1, 2011)
  • A PRC blog entry on the importance of the proposed regulations (February 15, 2011)
  • Comments on the 2010 proposed regulations to the Department of Labor, submitted jointly by the Pension Rights Center and the National Employment Lawyers Association (February 3, 2011)

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