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Registered Rep.
June 19, 2012
Diana Britton
Whose Suitability Standards? In early 2011, the SEC completed a study, mandated under Dodd-Frank reform legislation, which recommended extending to brokers who advise retail clients the same fiduciary standard that now applies to investment advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Bob Clark
Can't Beat 'Em? Then Stall 'Em Despite the reform bill's ambiguity, a fiduciary standard for all seems likely. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2009
Harold Evensky
Clients First It is imperative that an honest, universal fiduciary standard incorporate basic principles designed to protect clients -- not brokers, advisors, or their employers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Thomas D. Giachetti
Defining Fiduciary What is a financial advisor's true fiduciary duty? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Responsibility Issues When is a broker or a financial planner a fiduciary? mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Ann Therese Palmer
Agent or Fiduciary? Q: I underwent a grueling arbitration hearing this year. One point the complainant's attorney tried to make was that I had acted in a fiduciary capacity... A: The designation "fiduciary" used to mean something special in both the legal and the brokerage worlds... mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 28, 2010
Jake Zamansky
Wall Street Will (Again) Kill The Passage of a Fiduciary Standard While the House financial reform bill includes a fiduciary standard for brokers in limited circumstances, I'm fairly certain history will repeat itself and the provision will mysteriously and entirely disappear when the House and Senate reconcile their respective bills. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Kathleen M. McBride
B/D Briefing: Surprise Broker Sentiment Most appear to support a fiduciary standard. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2010
Scott A. MacKillop
One Standard, Period The debate over the fiduciary standard should be about clients - and it would be over in a heartbeat if it were. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 30, 2010
Christina Mucciolo
Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Toddi Gutner
Broker Or Adviser? Be forewarned: If yours is employed by a brokerage, your interests come second mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Kathleen M. McBride
B/d Briefing: A New Regulatory Framework? In a move that may be the opening salvo in a fight for unified investor protection rules, the SEC is seeking information from potential contractors to conduct a study about how investments and advice are marketed to individual investors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Bob Veres
Victory, for Now Brokerage firms have little choice but to adapt to a world in which their traditional service -- clearing trades and executing transactions -- has become "solely incidental" to the increasingly valuable business of providing advice. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Bob Clark
The Empire Steps Up The Financial Planning Coalition's letter on the Securities and Exchange Commission's "Study Regarding Obligations of Brokers, Dealers and Investment Advisers" will knock your socks off. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Melanie Waddell
Figuring Out Fiduciary What, exactly, does fiduciary advisor mean? How can an advisor know for sure if he's fulfilling his fiduciary obligations? Are there any real guidelines? mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
July 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell
Fiduciary D-Day Arrives As the SEC launches into rulemaking, lots of 'thorny issues' will surface. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Bob Veres
Fiduciary Fire Index At the start of the new year, the Pension Protection Act will go into effect and expose all over again the fact that, although we all like to talk about fiduciary standards, there really isn't any consistent definition of the term. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Harold Evensky
Unintended Consequences Brokers must forego the bells and whistles accompanying much of the current planning software if they wish to avoid having to register as investment advisors; however, that should not prevent them from appropriately using these analytics in arriving at suitable recommendations for their clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Andrew Gluck
New Rule Causes Software Schizophrenia New financial software programs for advisors reflect the difference between fiduciary and suitability requirements. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2009
Donald B. Trone
Standing on Principle Broker-dealer senior management must move their organizations from a rules-based framework, which requires little standard of care, to a principles-based framework, which requires a high standard of care. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris
Confusion Reigns Among Wirehouse Advisors On The Fiduciary Issue With all the frenzy over the call for a universal fiduciary standard for all financial and investment advisors, it appears that those in the wirehouses don't really understand the debate. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
Kathleen McBride
SEC and the Fiduciary Study: Where Do We Go From Here? It's not whether to extend fiduciary duty, but how to extend it mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Walking the Fiduciary Line on Retirement Retirement plans and their participants may need to use separate advisors who are separate fiduciaries, devoid of the potential for conflicts. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
June 1, 2010
Mark Astarita
Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2009
Kristina Fausti
A Higher Standard It appears that the SEC will remain the primary federal regulator of investment advisors, at least for now. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
David Spinar
Even the Playing Field Congress needs to standardize the regulations for investment advisors and broker-dealers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Bob Clark
The Empire Strikes Back Wall Street's crafty response to its whipping over the Merrill rule. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015
2015 Broker Report Card: A Less-Than-Diverse Workforce Of the advisors who participated in the 2015 Broker Report Card, 21 percent were women. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Philip Palaveev
The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Bob Veres
The Plan This is an interim report on the market share erosion experienced by our Wirehouse ("Member") firms versus "fiduciary" and "consumer-focused" financial planners. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 2, 2006
Kristen French
Brokers Learning to Play by New Rules It's no longer business as usual on Wall Street. Starting yesterday, broker/dealers must follow a new SEC rule that requires them to disclose at certain times that they may not be acting in their clients' best interest. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Melanie Waddell
Schapiro Speaks on Fiduciary, 12b-1s In an exclusive interview, the SEC Chairman speaks her mind. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Bob Clark
Clark at Large: Hope and Change Hope is waning for a fiduciary standard for brokers. But the battle's not over yet. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Dan Caplinger
Don't Pay Your Broker for Free Funds No-load funds don't cost a dime to buy -- except from some brokers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell
Advice to the SEC When it comes to the fiduciary standard, Capital Analysts President and CEO Matt Lynch says advisors "want to be sure the SEC seeks and gathers input from the industry as to how to implement these important changes." mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
John Churchill
If You're a Broker and You Know It As the holiday season approaches, the SEC is getting daily entreaties from registered investment advisors seeking an end to the broker/dealer exemption rule. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Bob Clark
Clark at Large: These Guys Are Good Did you ever get the haunting feeling that something was going too well? That's how I'm starting to feel about the reregulation of the advisory world, which is part of the Obama Administration's overhaul of the financial services industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2008
David Lawrence
A Higher Standard It is incumbent on all financial advisors to acknowledge their potential role as a fiduciary and act accordingly where and when applicable. So, that leads to a question of just what a fiduciary does during a typical day. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Donald B. Trone
Fiduciary Facts Separating fact from fiction for the fiduciary standard Obama has recommended applying to all advisors providing investment advice. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Bob Clark
An Old Dog Learns Some New Tricks Or a funny thing happened on the way to The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
More Than Kin, Less Than Kind Legitimate questions raised by Republicans should be answered. The problem is that the incestuous relationship the SEC has with the industry does not allow a frank discussion of what regulatory reform means to the consumer for fear of criticizing the industry's current state. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Melanie Waddell
The Playing Field: The Dodd-Frank Reform Bill Afterlife A fiduciary standard for all may crimp RIAs' competitive edge. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Bob Veres
Deconstructing Rand A report written by the Rand Corp. will help the SEC's staff decide who should and should not be registered as an registered investment advisor, and to determine whether investors understand the differences between and relationships among broker-dealers and investment advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Steve Garmhausen
A New Standard for Bank Brokers? A bill mandating that brokerages adhere to a fiduciary standard would mean more disclosures, more work for bank compliance departments and more training. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
February 2008
Melanie Waddell
A Busy Year in Washington Now that the Rand report assessing the advisory and broker/dealer industries has been released, No doubt advisors and brokers will be anticipating any possible regulatory actions that the SEC may take. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2009
David Lawrence
Standards Of Care Fiduciary concepts are having a bigger impact on the financial services industry and your practice. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
Mindy Diamond
Packing the Parachute Success in the brokerage industry can be as much about mindset as anything else, so it comes as little surprise that advisors avoid negative thoughts, such as the potential necessity of a quick exit from their practice. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010
Bo Bohanan
Do You Really Want To Be A 401(k) Consultant? It is fairly easy to spot the advantages and opportunities of working in this marketplace. But, not all of the pitfalls are as evident. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Kathleen Mcbride
SEC and the Fiduciary Study: The Process Why the fiduciary standard became such a hot topic for regulators mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2007
Bob Clark
Genius, Pure Genius Fake studies with unsound data and faulty conclusions put people who are trying to do the right thing on the wrong track. The problem is that for over a hundred years, the financial services industry has gotten away with a fraud: acting like "advisors" but being compensated as salespeople. mark for My Articles similar articles