From WealthManagement.com
Added on April 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The financial industry is in a tizzy as the Department of Labor released the long-anticipated final version of the new rules addressing conflicts of interest in retirement advice earlier today. Weighing in at over 1,000 pages, the collected documents that make up the new rules are imposing, to say the least. Here’s an overview of the broad strokes.
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on April 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says that Lincoln National, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Transamerica and Prudential Financial may have broken securities laws in their comments about the coming fiduciary rule from the Department of Labor, ThinkProgress writes.
From Finacial Planning
Added on April 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: After years of anticipation, the Labor Department will release its fiduciary rule on Wednesday, sources confirmed Friday.
From Finacial Planning
Added on March 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The rule, which could have sweeping and unprecedented impacts on the advisory industry, would require planners who advise on retirement assets to place their clients' financial interests before their own.
From InvestmentNews
Added on March 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White told lawmakers Tuesday that if the agency proposes a rule to raise retail investment advice standards, it may not mesh perfectly with a separate Labor Department rule that will soon be finalized.
