<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Expensive and exclusive is no longer enough to automatically attract investors to hedge funds.
Selling through independent insurance agents, currently the largest distribution channel for FIAs, will expose insurers to more liability than they may care for.
These moves will help structure your firm to meet Department of Labor's conflict-of-interest regulations.
The Labor Department's new rule may ultimately pave the way for millennials to secure a foothold in the financial advice business.
Analyst tells advisers that the Republican frontrunner is the second-best presidential campaigner he's ever seen run, trumped only by this president.
The Department of Labor's new rule creates an opportunity to have some great conversations.
Congress members tell Obama such an executive order would help some of the nearly half of U.S. workers who don't have access to a retirement program on the job.
The insurance and brokerage industries have shelled out many more dollars for congressional campaigns and lobbying than investment adviser organizations.
The rule opens the door to future customer litigation and opportunity for regulators to impose sanctions or fines on smaller broker-dealers.
The firm's CEO sees opportunities in the looming disruption. <b><i>(Fiduciary Focus: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow the latest news and developments on the DOL rule change</a>)</i></b>
A $2 billion payment is due July 1 and funds still have big chunks of the bonds in their portfolios.
CEO James Gorman says DOL's fiduciary rule isn't "the be-all and end-all" for the bank's brokerage business.
Inherent to acting in a client's best interest is ensuring costs are reasonable, an ERISA concept brokers need to understand.
Fixed indexed annuities lost a favorable exemption they enjoyed under the proposed rule, and the impact on variable annuities likely won't be much changed from original forecasts.
The move is another sign that the days of high-cost funds are numbered, and that the Department of Labor's new rule is speeding that decline.
The rule is likely to unleash a wave of software upgrades and business relationships that will result in greater efficiencies for advisory firms.
One of the most intractable issues facing the advisory business is the severe imbalance in examination frequency between broker-dealers and RIAs.
But without enough votes to overturn a threatened presidential veto, assistant secretary of Labor Phyllis Borzi calls the action 'the usual Washington Kabuki theater.'
The financial industry generally has not barked about the final fiduciary rule, but that doesn't mean that it won't eventually bite.
