The past year has brought some quietly constructive conversations around worker classification, regulatory overreach, and state-level taxes.
With thousands of small independent advisors racing to meet clients' digital expectations, the time has come to repair archaic rules of the road.
With the sunsetting of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the end of next year, leaders on both sides of the aisle have an opportunity to make a change for the sake of Main Street investors.
FSI will work constructively with the regulator to find the best way forward, just as it did over residential supervisory location designations.
The Financial Services Institute is asking the SEC to adopt a procedural framework to detect and prevent certain unfair enforcement practices.
Politicians and regulators shouldn't be unduly favoring or burdening particular investment vehicles.
The pace and breadth of the agency's current rulemaking is not allowing for constructive criticism from the people implementing the rules.
It's critical that the DOL and members of Congress hear from advisers what their independent classification means, not just to them but to their clients as well.
The legislation is a necessary step to ensure that more and more Americans can live comfortably once they stop working.
Fees, financial literacy and the freedom to work as an independent contractor are all under debate in state legislatures — and relevant to the growth of advisers' practices
