The expense speaks to the difficulty broker-dealers are facing to comply with the controversial new regulation.
The agency is particularly interested in conflicts of interest where the adviser is also a broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer that gets fees from sales of particular share classes.
The Labor Department needs to provide additional guidance regarding these irregularities in time for advisers to plan accordingly.
The suits against NYU and Yale are especially significant because they're the first regarding university 403(b) plans.
Because platform initially will be offered through B-Ds, firm doesn't see it undercutting plan advisers' business, though it has considered going direct to plan sponsors.
The blurred line between retirement and non-retirement advice means advisers must be very careful when providing any financial services.
In today's regulatory environment, every adviser is guilty until proven innocent.
A side firm has brought a Finra arbitration claim against five of the advisers, who have filed a counterclaim in federal court.
The Republican nominee is trying to reset his presidential campaign after a string of missteps.
A hearing is set for Wednesday; the adviser couple says the documents show the organization singled them out for discipline in use of compensation label.
Revised revenue allowances and other adjustments, originally praised by advisers, are turning out to be less advantageous than expected.
The lawsuit alleges the university and a university-affiliated health system breached their fiduciary duties by causing participants in their 403(b) plans to pay excessive fees.
Nicholas Mitsakos and Matrix Capital Markets pretended to manage millions, SEC alleges.
Regulators should coordinate these different standards as soon as possible to minimize confusion for investors.
Robert Edward Loftus was discharged in 2013 and found in breach of a promissory note
Mutual fund firms move defensively toward active ETFs.
As broker-dealers move toward uniform commissions to comply with Labor Department rule, investors could end up paying higher prices than in an unregulated environment. <b><i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus" target="_blank">The DOL rule from all angles</a>)</i></b>
State plans would not be subject to ERISA, which some in the industry fear will give them a leg up on private plans.
Brian James Egan agreed to be barred from the brokerage industry.
Brokerage firm failed to notify customers of changes in their account records as a result of a computer coding error, regulator claims.
