The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S. Department of Labor held a hearing to consider issues related to adopting a regulation defining when a person is considered to be a “fiduciary'” by reason of giving investment advice to an employee benefit plan or to a plan’s participants and beneficiaries.
Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy, SIFMA testified along with employers, 401(k) participants and representatives, financial institutions, and benefit professionals.
SIFMA, American Bankers Association (ABA), America’s Credit Unions (ACU), Bank Policy Institute (BPI), and Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), provided comments…