With financial markets careening up and down amid new financial, environmental and geopolitical crises, investors are justifiably nervous about whether seemingly desperate times call for desperate measures.
Support for Bachus bill seems to be fading as Congress hears more about possible Finra oversight
For providers of financial services to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 plans, fees are a double-edged sword
When Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee warned the Securities and Exchange Commission to halt the process of fiduciary rule making, it was a pretty blatant signal that the stage has been set for a courtroom showdown
There is a gaping hole in ERISA regulations that allows many investment service providers to escape fiduciary accountability for the advice that they provide to retirement plan sponsors and participants
I think I found the model for how opponents of the fiduciary standard hope to render the standard meaningless after financial regulatory reform
Reactions to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.'s new requirements for ethics continuing-education programs have been mixed
