An idea being floated by the Securities and Exchange Commission that would make financial advisers gatekeepers for private placements is getting a cold reception.
After 18 years, David Tittsworth is leaving the Investment Adviser Association, a group he led during a period of expanding regulation.
The bill preventing a government shutdown includes SEC funding hike and allowance to cut pensions. Left out is language that would have killed the DOL's fiduciary rule.
Wall Street resistance has helped slow down a pending Department of Labor rule to strengthen standards for advisers to retirement plans. With a re-proposal slated for January, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is urging more of its firms to contact Congress to oppose the measure.
House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would extend retroactively for one year an assortment of individual and business tax breaks.
Republican lawmakers see tax-extender approval going through before the end of 2014, keeping tax breaks favored by clients in place.
Insurance industry calls on DOL to allow propriety sales, revenue-sharing in fiduciary rule; predicts business will “contract dramatically” if agency doesn't give it an exemption to higher advice standard
Low-cost index funds capturing 25% of new assets but drive just 5% of revenue.
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SignalPoint Asset Management failed to disclose conflicts of interest to clients, the SEC alleges.
The wirehouse is one of the first to break away from exclusively canned content on Twitter.
Thirty percent of those surveyed “somewhat likely” to dump 401(k)s, but critics call study flawed.
Show Me State's action follows heightened regulatory scrutiny.
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Advisers and investors need to be fully aware of contract terms to explain nuances, answer client questions.
Schedules a shareholder vote, discloses ongoing investigations of former father-son executive team.
Probe reportedly looking into misuse of company assets such as airplanes, boats, condos.
A Finra arbitration panel denied the broker's claim that Wells Fargo made false promises during recruiting.
