Differing definitions of “fee-only” were hashed out by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., NAPFA and the Financial Planning Association earlier this week and while no conclusion was reached, the CFP Board will have the last word.
IBDs and wirehouses split on potential regulation to reveal recruiting packages
Rules in favor of Fidelity employees who say they were fired for reporting fraud.
SEC would get funding boost; limits placed on retirement-savings tax breaks for wealthy.
Finra plans to revive a proposal that would require brokers to offer customers easier access to their profile in its BrokerCheck database. It's been modified since the first time the regulator floated it. <i>(See what happened to the <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20130424/FREE/130429972"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">first plan</a>.)</i>
The SEC's recent whirlwind of regulatory warnings prompts the question of whether it is biting off more than it can chew.
Oversaw growth of investment adviser lobby to 550 firms managing $11T, from 200 firms managing $1T.
Bringing the investor's perspective to Finra's work will add momentum to its tendency to promote the best-interests standard for investment advice.
The SEC chairman seeks a funding boost from Congress to add 250 investment adviser examiners. But she really needs eight times that amount to make a difference.
