But proponents look to the history of the fight to maintain optimism.
Both chambers move to derail president's call for a best-interest standard for retirement accounts.
Holds up online-advice provider as exemplar of low-cost, fiduciary advice.
Broker and wirehouse embroiled in a three-year dispute over a promissory note.
Legislation gives the Labor Department $1.4 billion less than requested
Advisers also worry about attracting new clients in the future, survey shows
Award is tied to string of cases brought by retirees who said a broker placed them in unsuitable investments.
A former Green Bay Packers starter is unlikely to recoup funds lost from Resource Horizons, a firm that's already racked up more than $4 million in unpaid damages. <i>(More: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20130812/FREE/812009998/PH/athletes-vs-advisers" target="_blank">7 famous athletes who claimed they were duped by advisers</a>)</i>
The idea &mdash; known as a patent box or innovation box &mdash; would help companies trying to maintain low tax rates they've achieved by booking income in overseas tax havens.
Great-West CEO Reynolds, Chamber of Commerce warn rule will hurt investors, advisers.
Exams have shown that outside compliance officers sometimes are left in the dark about firms' business practices and cannot articulate their risks.
FSI's interaction with Finra over its BrokerCheck rule making is a case in point.
Proposed rule represents a fundamentally flawed rethinking of the way that retirement advice, products and services are delivered to investors, and would have profound negative consequences for registered reps and RIAs.
Kara Stein says mutual funds and ETFs that use complex, illiquid strategies 'operate in a gray area'
FPA's 2015 president says too many advisers are silent on vital issues that affect their and their clients' livelihoods.
The regulator claims unit's former president took $670,000 in client funds for personal use
Pressure from the financial industry and lawmakers pushed Labor Secretary Thomas Perez to give more time for comments on the agency's fiduciary-duty proposal, but the extension is far short of what the groups wanted.
In rare dissent, one arbitrator says other Finra panelists were swayed by sympathy, not the law.
Joining long list of pro athletes taken to cleaners by their adviser, all-star basketball player claims was pushed into investments that led to 'substantial loss.'
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The firm files suit against the Financial Stability Oversight Council, charging them with acting as 'judge, jury and executioner.'
