Nearly two-thirds (64%) of broker-dealer advisers plan to shift more of their business to a fee-based model if the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule is put into effect, according to a report from Cerulli Associates.
Automatic-enrollment IRA programs would encourage employees to save for retirement.
Michael Piwowar says opening sales of private placements to ordinary investors would boost returns, portfolio diversification
Opponents of rule seek to overturn loss in district court.
Finra experienced slight increase in 2016 cases, but total continues to be far below post-recession highs.
Only supporters of the DOL rule have met with Office of Management and Budget officials, while industry groups have kept their distance.
Firm will also pay a $750,000 fine to Finra for failing to supervise broker who sold tribe non-traded REITs and BDCs.
Brokers say commissions serve certain clients better, and investors who prefer them are pushing back.
Brokerage, insurance and mutual fund groups spend more money than investment advisers in quest to gain the ear of lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.
The broker allegedly used the firm's parking garage stamp to validate parking garage tickets worth $731.
The rule is well past the tipping point, and the industry is forever changed regardless of the rule change.
The arbitrators found that UBS and UBS Puerto Rico were liable for $7.983 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
Attorneys are seeking a stay in the lawsuit brought by Thrivent Financial pending the results of a rule review requested by the president.
In a roll-back of post-Madoff change, requests will go through acting division director, say sources.
Judge Daniel D. Crabtree granted summary judgment to DOL in a lawsuit filed by Market Synergy Group Inc., a Topeka insurance agency that develops fixed index annuities and other proprietary insurance products.
The firm allegedly engaged used an expensive proprietary fund to enrich itself at the expense of plan participants.
Plaintiff alleges plan participants would have paid at least $27 million less in fees if T. Rowe had selected cheaper, non-proprietary funds.
Putting together a new cost-benefit analysis could be tricky for DOL staff, who spent the last six years working on a regulation that already was assessed and has been upheld by three court decisions so far.
