Did Edward Jones help derail Senate’s fiduciary proposal?
Memo from firm to congressional staff members questioned whether the plan might actually hurt investors
The insurance industry has been given much of the credit for fighting off a proposal in financial-reform legislation that would have extended a fiduciary standard to brokers. But it now appears that Edward Jones, the brokerage known for its one-man shops and buy-and-hold culture, also played some ro
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