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Wall Street brokerages and SIFMA won the SEC over to a suitability standard with a false label, and advisors are left with a public perception still in line with car salesmen, says Rostad, a fiduciary expert.
Product of a six-month of investigation, the Jason Zweig and Anne Tergesen-authored article alleges conflicts at the discount brokers are rife -- but RIA reactions to the revelations are textured
The Neuro-Fiduciary & Governance Psychometric Instrument involves an EEG, an interview and six colleagues willing to vouch for your true fiduciary bona fides
After jumping into the fray to defend Donald Jr. on Twitter, 'the Mooch' -- once (maybe twice) fired as a Goldman Sachs broker -- will craft communications for Donald Trump as financial and legal smoke threatens to burst into flame
Rubio opened up on small investors and retirement issues -- and cracked wise about the Russians
Threat of losing DOL rule sparks a new public consciousness and the Massachusetts Senator gives shout-out to Betterment, XY Planning and BlackRock
Fiduciary watchdog Knut Rostad warns that RIAs must zealously expose wirehouses tricked out in best-interests-of-the-investor drag
The problem, Rhoades says, is that a pseudo-fiduciary standard asks consumers to assume the burden of knowing what's best for them when it comes to investing, which brings the problem full circle
End-game style politics exposed fiduciaries' lack of playoff experience, but RIAs can console themselves because DOL exposed shady dealings on 'the dark side'
American Securities Association proclaims a fresh 'voice' but for now seems to be a rebel with a cryptic cause
Mark Casady says he may lop off brokerage accounts of $15,000, citing looming rule changes
After a lot of waiting around FSI calls this news 'the real thing'
The five-syllable word represents an attitude, way of life and something you should grasp for the good of investors
In the wake of DOL and Treasury rulings, some fiduciaries, certainly not all, seem willing to give the oft-reviled instruments a chance
A consumer panel sobered the crowd off the bat with war stories and then Ron Rhoades, Mercer Bullard, David Tittsworth, Sheryl Garrett, Tom Nally, Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis and others pulled no punches
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