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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 16, 2018
DOL rule may be history, but a fiduciary standard still in the works

Advisers and brokers alike believe that the SEC will deliver a fiduciary standard because consumers want it.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 16, 2018
Feds broaden investigation of Wells Fargo Advisors: WSJ

FBI agents have interviewed some wealth-management employees.

By InvestmentNews
Advisers complain to SEC about inadvertent custody
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 15, 2018
Advisers complain to SEC about inadvertent custody

Agency official promises to clear up questions created by 2017 guidance.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 15, 2018
Senate rollback of Dodd-Frank faces challenge in House

Financial Services Chairman Hensarling makes it clear the House won't rubber-stamp the Senate's bill.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 15, 2018
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants fiduciary reform to preserve investor options

The Republican appointee wants to make sure there are a variety of payment models and levels of service.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 15, 2018
Senate votes to roll back parts of Dodd-Frank

Small lenders would not be subject to "too big to fail" requirements.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 15, 2018
SunTrust Banks, 401(k) participants settle fiduciary-breach lawsuit

The class-action lawsuit is a consolidation of several complaints against the 401(k) plan fiduciaries.

By Robert Steyer
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 15, 2018
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacates DOL fiduciary rule

In split decision, judges say agency exceeded authority.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 14, 2018
Fiduciary rule shifts power to broker-dealer compliance departments

As firms try to limit their liability under the DOL rule, new problems have arisen.

By Fred Barstein
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 13, 2018
Appeals court upholds DOL fiduciary rule in case involving fixed indexed annuities

Market Synergy Group argued the regulation treated the annuity products arbitrarily and violated rulemaking procedures.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
ALTERNATIVES MAR 12, 2018
Lynn Tilton's Zohar funds file for bankruptcy

Tilton plans to refinance debt or sell assets of the three structured debt vehicles.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 12, 2018
SEC bars two in pension pay-to-play scandal

The former brokers bribed a pension fund manager to get trades that netted them millions in commissions.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 12, 2018
Don't know if you qualify for 20% pass-through deduction? You're not alone

Trying to figure out who qualifies for the deduction — and who doesn't — is proving to be a monumental challenge.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 10, 2018
Would reforming use of the title 'adviser' mesh with the DOL fiduciary rule?

Title reform is on every power player's lips these days, but would such a change conflict with the Labor Department's regulation that is already partially enacted?

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 10, 2018
Is title reform the answer to the fiduciary debate?

What many thought could be a silver bullet against piles of fiduciary regulation now seems just as controversial.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 08, 2018
Wells Fargo Advisors now under investigation by Galvin

Massachusetts securities regulator cites DOL fiduciary rule when discussing probe that will focus on investors moved into higher-fee accounts, 401(k) rollovers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 08, 2018
Merrill Lynch fined $1.25 million over Chinese stock sale

SEC says Merrill missed 'red flags' while selling millions of shares.

By Jeff Benjamin
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 08, 2018
Finra bars broker who churned account of 93-year-old client with dementia

In a four-year-period, Mark Kaplan executed 3,500 trades that resulted in $723,000 in losses

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 08, 2018
Latest Wells Fargo flap underscores need for fiduciary standard

The bank's board is looking into inappropriate 401(k) rollovers, one of the problems the DOL rule aims to prevent

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 08, 2018
CAT implementation uncertainty gives broker-dealers strategic options

Firms should address shortcomings in data reporting now.

By John Ivan