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On September 10, the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing to a discuss the Department of Labor fiduciary rulemaking proposals. A number of members of the committee majority criticized the DOL's proposed rules and Subcommittee Chairman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) remarked that "[I]t's pretty clear that the biggest impact of this rule is going to be felt far from Wall Street - and millions of middle or lower income households may ultimately have no place to go for advice." Members at the hearing also discussed a bill

The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing titled "Restricting Access to Financial Advice: Evaluating the Costs and Consequences for Working Families and Retirees." The hearing examined the proposal by the Department of Labor ("DOL") to expand the definition of "fiduciary," and discussed how the proposed rule would impact workers, small businesses and retirees. The following witnesses testified: Panel 1: The Honorable Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of the Department of Labor (written testimony) Panel 2: Mr. Jack Haley, Executive VP

The SEC announced that it will hold an Open Meeting on May 20, 2015 to consider whether to propose new rules, forms and rule amendments regarding registered investment companies and investment advisers. Specifically, the SEC will consider whether to propose (i) new rules, forms and amendments to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies, and (ii) form and rule amendments to (a) require investment advisers to provide additional information concerning their operations, (b) require the maintenance of performance records and (c) remove outdated