Blaine F. Aikin
Blaine Aikin is the founder and principal of Fiduciary Insights, an independent provider of fiduciary subject matter expertise for organizations that employ or provide services to investment advisors. More details here: Fi36t0 team
Blaine Aikin is the founder and principal of Fiduciary Insights, an independent provider of fiduciary subject matter expertise for organizations that employ or provide services to investment advisors. More details here: Fi36t0 team
The quintessential document governing investment decision making by fiduciaries is the investment policy statement. Brokers acting in a…
With financial markets careening up and down amid new financial, environmental and geopolitical crises, investors are justifiably nervous about whether seemingly desperate times call for desperate measures.
There is a crisis of investor confidence in the integrity of financial market participants and regulators. Although…
Support for Bachus bill seems to be fading as Congress hears more about possible Finra oversight
After more than four years in the making, the Labor Department’s “new” Section 408(b)(2) disclosure rule is finally…
For providers of financial services to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 plans, fees are a double-edged sword
When Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee warned the Securities and Exchange Commission to halt the process of fiduciary rule making, it was a pretty blatant signal that the stage has been set for a courtroom showdown
There is a gaping hole in ERISA regulations that allows many investment service providers to escape fiduciary accountability for the advice that they provide to retirement plan sponsors and participants
I think I found the model for how opponents of the fiduciary standard hope to render the standard meaningless after financial regulatory reform
Reactions to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.'s new requirements for ethics continuing-education programs have been mixed
