With demand limited, most advisers outsource it to lawyers and accountants, but some see value in adding it to their menu of services.
Labor Department says it also needs more time to look at any 'undue burden' the rule may cause.
Survey finds top concerns are reducing plan expenses and managing fiduciary responsibilities.
Summit Financial ends 17-year relationship with Lincoln Financial.
Urges Congress not to miss "once-in-a-generation opportunity."
Platform designed to serve its members' next-generation clients will incorporate robo-advice and socially responsible investing options.
Scottsdale, Ariz., duo affiliates with LPL and Stratos Wealth Partners.
Finra says Jaime Rodriguez bought two apartments with $200,000 from blind, elderly customer.
Even piles of investments that appear diverse could suffer big losses in the event of another market crash.
Mr. Buffett previously invested $5 billion in Bank of America in 2011
Reps collectively managed $423 million at their former firms.
Aaron Johnson took $620,000 in excessive fees from clients.
The Trump administration is signaling its intent to remove the fiduciary rule's provision regarding class-action litigation. Here's what broker-dealers and RIAs need to know.
One observer says agency is trying to give certainty to markets; another asserts it is executing pre-determined course to water down regulation.
Financial Services Institute says extra supervision would result in a 'CFP tax,' while mother of Labor Department regulation cheers revisions to standards of conduct.
The three-member adviser team expands the footprint of Syntal Capital Partners.
Forecasts of costly damage for the oil-producing region, but wider consequences unlikely.
Ms. Bennett allegedly spent some of her ill-gotten gains on luxury goods, mystics and $500,000-a-year suite at AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
In 2010, when the estate tax was temporarily repealed, gross charitable bequests in IRS tax filings dropped 37 percent, and some fear it could happen again.
On average, their choices tended to return about 1.12 percentage points less than the ones they didn't recommend, according to a new study.