Some wait for Trump to conclude review before telling clients about rule.
Firms have trimmed their lineups of investment products, leveled broker compensation and standardized compensation across product lines
Making smart technology decisions can serve as a pre-emptive strike against the potential fallout from future cyberattacks.
<i>InvestmentNews</i> senior reporter Mark Schoeff Jr. gets the skinny on the next phase of the fiduciary rule's rollout.
Relying on mainstream concepts is becoming dangerous for retirement plan advisers when working with clients.
While Washington wrestles with the fate of the fiduciary rule, the financial advice landscape remains supremely dangerous.
Financial CHOICE Act faces long odds in Senate. Meanwhile, House and Senate Republicans introduce stand-alone legislation to scuttle the regulation.
The regulation will trigger a fiduciary acknowledgement from advisers. But, strangely, it's not a disclosure mandated by the rule itself.
Twenty-three year veteran Anthony Joseph Verzi decides not to testify during regulator's inquiry.
The concept of the rule has divided our industry in ways no one could have predicted.
The fact that the impartial conduct standards are the sole requirement of BICE during the transition period speaks volumes to their importance to retirement advisers.
A request for information sent yesterday to the Office of Management and Budget is the first step in reviewing the rule, Mr. Acosta said. <b>Plus, <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20170607/FREE/170609954/investment-adviser-association-members-take-complaints-about-dol" style="color:#b10816" target="_blank">Investment Adviser Association members take complaints about DOL rule to Capitol Hill</a>.</b>
The tool is part of a series of upgrades that the Los Angeles-based firm is making to its technology platform for advisers.
The organization supports the underlying goals of the DOL rule, but thinks it should be "more appropriately tailored" to investment advisers.
The brokerage cites "additional flexibility" granted by the DOL in recent guidance as a determining factor.
Tuition versus cost of living in the U.S., state by scary state.
Digital tool to include environmental, social and governance screens.
The firm is cutting more than 1,500 funds that no longer meet its due diligence standards.
