Thoughts and musings from my desk to you.

Regulators Need to Do More to Curb Egregious Annuities Sales Practices

“The Department of Labor is under pressure to release its new Retirement Security Rule, which would impose fiduciary obligations on more financial professionals working with retirement clients. But from my vantage point as a fiduciary advisor, regulators’ focus on individual retirement accounts overlooks more egregious activity in non-IRAs happening right under their noses. Particularly absent from the discussion about the rule are annuities sold by the insurance industry—often with punishing fees and commissions that slide by with little scrutiny.