Picks up two Merrill Lynch groups with nearly $2 billion in assets; more deals might be on the horizon.
Lobbyists say the move could come as soon as Friday afternoon, or Monday, in the form of a directive to acting agency heads to postpone and review regulations that aren't yet operational.
The company's founders, who hail from Financial Engines, have grown the new business to $100 million in assets.
The brokers used an "in-and-out" scheme in roughly two dozen client accounts, which created "enormous losses," according to the SEC.
Allegations include receiving travel, prostitutes and drugs for steering business to two broker-dealers.
Severance pay does not count, nor do trailing insurance commissions.
It's not clear how President-elect Donald J. Trump's nominee for Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, would approach the Treasury estate-tax rule.
Letter to 33 companies asks six questions, including whether they support the delay or would reverse course on changes already implemented if a delay occurs.
Severance pay does not count, nor do trailing insurance commissions.
Donald Trump can undo the new rules on financial advisers but not the new skepticism of their advice.
Seventy percent of Americans get a refund after filing their income taxes, yet many of us would rather go to the dentist than do the paper work.
The most surprising aspect of the second round of adviser FAQs is they concentrate on behaviors that will legally and appropriately circumvent fiduciary accountability.
Advicent's Naviplan software will broaden advisers' view of client financial picture.
A Consumer Federation of America report says broker-dealers and trade groups claim they are advisers when marketing to the public but salesmen when fighting the DOL fiduciary rule in court.
Ms. White is departing the agency at noon on Friday, just as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn-in.
If granted, the change would make it easier for some indexed annuity distributors to sell commission products under the Labor Department regulation.
Differentiating themselves from brokers would be easier now that debate has raised investor awareness of the role of a fiduciary
CEO says he got the idea by talking to firms during a "listening tour" shortly after taking over the reins of the securities industry regulator.
Connecticut adviser John W. Rafal obtained a new client with accounts in excess of $100 million, and agreed to pay the referring attorney $50,000 annually from the advisory fees paid, according to the SEC.
