Coalition says it wants to ensure it funds firms with strong guardrails.
Government report says pace of change needs to accelerate to avert worst results.
New poll shows concerning numbers for the president.
If a federal shutdown occurs, the SEC would cease most operations, potentially jeopardizing pending rules. The IRS would also go quiet as advisors wait for SECURE 2.0 guidance.
'Senate Democrats are highly unlikely to go along with [those provisions] that have been inserted into appropriations bills in the House,' says an official at an advisor trade association.
Lower levels of digital literacy among older Americans leave them vulnerable.
US investors pulled $2.7B from sustainable funds in Q3 but global peers are not deterred.
'We're not trying to change Reg BI or change the fiduciary guidance,' the SEC chair says at SIFMA's annual conference.
'Finra provides essential services ... thousands of firms, hundreds of thousands of registered persons, and millions of American investors rely upon,' the North American Securities Administrators Association says in a brief.
The settlement with Baird stems from Finra's 2020 targeted examination regarding rights of reinstatement.
'It’s a devastating award, or lack thereof, for the claimants and a massive victory for Raymond James,' says an attorney not involved in the case.
'My suspicion is that if [Scott’s bill] passes, then the number of Main Street investors who are sold an unregistered security will far exceed the number of Main Street investors who actually go looking for such a product,' an advisor says.
'Interest rates are coming back, so where you put clients' money in cash is an issue again,' one attorney notes.
Independent agents who sell annuities could be fiduciaries for the first time.
'The best kind of regulation is when the private sector works with regulators to craft regulation that is efficient, effective, workable and narrowly targeted,' says the architect of the Obama DOL's fiduciary rule.
Brokerage firms walloped in case that could upend industry.
But even those who already work in a fiduciary capacity will be affected, one lawyer says.
'I just want you to know we're watching,' President Biden warns advisors who put their own interests above needs of clients.
'The financial advisor recommended he put the entire amount in GWG L bonds,' the claimant's attorney says.
New proposal wants to rework definition of a fiduciary and 'close loopholes.'
