Podcast: The SEC advice rule just hit — here's what advisers need to know today

Podcast: The SEC advice rule just hit — here's what advisers need to know today
Senior reporter Mark Schoeff Jr. speaks with managing editor Christina Nelson about tensions at the SEC hearing, the final vote and the latest insights on the new regulatory package.
JUN 05, 2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission just voted on a package of regulations reforming the standards by which brokers and advisers interact with clients and provide advice. (Webcast: Dive inside the SEC advice rule with InvestmentNews staff) Senior reporter Mark Schoeff Jr. speaks with managing editor Christina Nelson about tensions among commissioners at the SEC hearing, the final vote on the four rules making up the package, and whether there were any big surprises coming out of the initial release of details from the SEC on its massive new regulatory reforms.

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