Some providers are paying incentive compensation to representatives to promote their managed accounts to participants.
Chairman says it's important that the SEC be involved in coming up with a fiduciary standard that will make investors happy.
Owners of marketing firm Platinum Advisor Strategies deny trying to terminate Robert Sofia without compensation.
Wall Street crowd might consider moving to avoid a potential tax hike under congressional proposals.
Technology and regulatory pressures are pushing advisers toward model marketplaces.
White House and the bureau itself both say the law is on their side over who gets to name new chief.
Smaller shops have benefited from the broker protocol at the expense of larger firms like UBS, experts say
Wirehouses are making big bets they can turn "world class" advisers who leave into old laundry.
Supporter of regulation calls the postponement 'an effective repeal of the rule.'
Current rules require different standards based on whether advice is 'incidental' to a transaction.
Gains are unlikely to top 5% annually, according to the Yale Endowment's David Swensen.
Experts ponder what a Securities and Exchange Commission fiduciary rule will look like, and whether it will help unify requirements across agencies.
Use of collective investment trusts by defined contribution plans has been hovering around 20% for three years, but momentum is building.
The reasons for affiliating with a brokerage have changed as compensation has evolved.
Edward Zadworny failed to provide information in connection with annuity sales.
Abiding a well-crafted IPS can help minimize legal trouble for plan fiduciaries.
The laws underscore the need for advisers to have clients consider a long-term-care planning strategy
Trust is the most important quality vetted in the selection process, but other factors go into the decision.
Messaging can take many forms, but it's not sales and you must know your audience.
A request for proposal can uncover exactly what fees and services a plan can get in the marketplace.
