DOL Fiduciary Rule Best Interest Requirements: Creditor Protection in ERISA Plans
Is it important to factor in safety from creditors during a 401(k) rollover? How safe was the money in the 401(k) and how safe will it be in an IRA?...Read More
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Blog 4 Columns – Masonry
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DOL Fiduciary Rule Groundhog Day: What Just Happened & What It Means For You
For those participating in the financial advice industry, it might seem like living out the movie Groundhog Day. Except instead of Bill Murray, the star of the movie is Alexander...Read More
Do I have to document best interest when doing rollovers?
How does the DOL Rule Affect Me? Do I have to document best interest when doing rollovers? Effective June 9, 2017, financial advisors who provide investment advice to retirement plan...Read More
What June 9th DOL Rule Date Means For You: How to Not Be a Low Hanging Fruit for Litigation Attorneys
What June 9th DOL Rule Date Means For You: How to Not Be a Low Hanging Fruit for Litigation Attorneys On May 22, Secretary of Labor Acosta confirmed something that...Read More
RiXtrema’s Record Study of Retirement Plan Investment Expense Finds Over $17 Billion of Annual Waste
RiXtrema’s Record Study of Retirement Plan Investment Expense Finds Over $17 Billion of Annual Waste Fiduciary best practices research took 17 days of non-stop calculation on powerful 32 CPU Core...Read More
Breaking News on Rollovers: What DOL Really Did on April 5
We want to bring something very important to your attention regarding DOL Fiduciary Rule delay that was announced yesterday. The rule is delayed until June 9th and further examination of...Read More
New Portfolio Crash Test Scenario: Trump Tax Cuts
One of the recurring themes through the presidential elections and the speech yesterday were the tax cuts that are coming to businesses and middle class individuals. We in RiXtrema decided...Read More
Skip Schweiss on New Horizons Opening in front of RIAs
For those of you who missed, some tremendously insightful comments from Skip Schweiss at TD Ameritrade as to potential sources of revenue growth for advisors. Enjoy: http://www.financial-planning.com/news/td-ameritrade-why-rias-are-missing-a-5-trillion-market-and-what-they-can-do-about-it
“Arguably, the Most Comprehensive DOL Rule Solution”
Bob Veres researches DOL Fiduciary Rule software solutions and finds that “Arguably, the most comprehensive DOL Rule solution is IRAFiduciaryOptimizer, offered by RiXtrema”. Here is a link to his study:...Read More
RiXtrema in Journal of Fin Planning: DOL Rule Compliance & a Secret Revealed…
Journal of Financial Planning ran a very interesting cover story on advisor technology. RiXtrema’s Don Harding and Daniel Satchkov both answered questions for the magazine. Daniel talked about crucial components...Read More
Michael Kitces covers RiXtrema’s IRAFiduciaryOptimizer and FeeComp database
When we started building tools for advisors after working collectively for decades on software to institutions, I read Michael Kitces almost every day as a way to immerse myself into...Read More
Now You Can Compare Your Fees To Other Advisors
Hi all, We have released a novel and important database of advisory fees called FeeComp. It is based on SEC form ADV data. We have solved the main problem with that...Read More