From securities to life insurance, marketing regulations align across states and products and focus on promoting truthfulness and transparency.

Last November, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that could pave the way for these platform workers—commonly known as gig workers—to receive equity compensation just like employees and other categories of independent contractors.

In this article, we’ll walk through how regulation can be one of three things for a company’s business: an opportunity; an obstacle; or a risk.

More individuals would likely save for retirement outside of employer-sponsored plans if such saving was automated, access to a match was provided, and lots of time and mental bandwidth were not needed to evaluate investment alternatives.