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Summary: The DOL fiduciary rule implementation has been delayed. While consumer advocates applauded the new oversight, very few within the wealth management industry felt the regulation was anything but awkward and clunky. Fewer still believe that nonretirement accounts should have a different, lesser standard of care than retirement accounts.
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Summary: PFI Advisors, a consultancy focused on transitioning $1 billion plus breakaway teams out of the wirehouses, has introduced a new operations consulting service called COO Resource for registered investment advisors.
Added on January 2018 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Fiduciary advocates are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to prohibit brokers from calling themselves "financial advisers," as the agency considers a regulation that would raise investment advice standards.
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Summary: What drives a wirehouse advisor to make the leap to independence? And what happens once he gets there? Hear it first-hand in this interview with breakaway broker Matt Celenza.
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Summary: Another large brokerage has decided to exit the so-called protocol for broker recruiting, with Citigroup Global Markets confirming on Friday that it was leaving the agreement.
