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Don Trone: 'Acting in the best interests of others' is a principle. It only takes seven words .... The DOL uses 1,000 pages of rules to kill the concept.

Don Trone's 7 reasons why the DOL rule is flawed to the point of 'folly'

Hurling jabs at opponents and proponents alike, the fiduciary maven says both sides failed to recognize and incorporate the role of RIAs

April 15, 2016 at 5:40 PM

Irwin Stein: Those crickets you heard from those quarters in the wake of the DOL rule's publication constituted stifled jubilation.

A veteran of securities law killed his weekend reading all 1,000 pages of the DOL rule -- and has a takeaway to share

Despite reassuring words, the rules steer ill-done-by investors down that dark alley of FINRA arbitrations where complaints go to die

April 13, 2016 at 9:30 PM

Knut Rostad: Phyllis Borzi moved heaven and earth with the tools she had and I think we let her down. I think we were too polite.

How Wall Street emasculated the DOL rule with an old-fashioned end game: 'Somebody made a deal' -- and why tort lawyers are licking their chops

End-game style politics exposed fiduciaries' lack of playoff experience, but RIAs can console themselves because DOL exposed shady dealings on 'the dark side'

April 7, 2016 at 3:10 PM

Thomas Perez: We don't believe it's necessary for an employee of MetLife to have an obligation to advise a client about the products that New York Life is selling.

The DOL's final rule contains a litany of 11th hour concessions to brokers that show Wall Street lobbyists earned their keep

12(b)1 fees, variable annuities and proprietary products are all still allowed and so is partiality in the sales process

April 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM

Mark Casady: That is an extreme. I don't see that happening, but that is kind of the range of the thinking.

LPL CEO floats orphaning 3% of its brokerage business in prelude to DOL 'travesty'

Mark Casady says he may lop off brokerage accounts of $15,000, citing looming rule changes

October 30, 2015 at 6:28 PM

Ken Fisher finally found the 401(k) business to his liking after Ascensus sliced costs and proprietary funds enabled fat profits.

Capitalizing on 'unintended consequences' of DOL changes, Ken Fisher pounces on a fat-margin 401(k) opportunity

DOL greased the skids for closed-architecture approach of $60-billion RIA -- as long as it is discloses use of proprietary funds and sets flat fees that apply to them

October 15, 2015 at 5:28 PM

Bing Waldert: They can go to the guy they trust and just use that person.

Report: 'Brother-in-law' dabblers are giving 401(k) ground slowly to specialists in $1.3 trillion market

Some RIAs disagree with Cerulli's pessimism and say DOL is having its effect with small employers seeking real experts to provide 401(k)s to employees

September 17, 2015 at 6:36 PM

Dan Arnold: We want to hit this head on and deliver a complementary robo-solution.

LPL will launch third-party robo for advisors and eliminate some fees

Dan Arnold laid it on the line: LPL is being disrupted but taking the challenges head-on

July 27, 2015 at 5:28 PM

Marcia Wagner: I don't want obnoxious crap like that in my contract.

Why exactly DOL's latest action is so shocking to so many brokers -- and even ERISA lawyers -- despite years of warnings

Brokers managing IRA assets never imagined they'd need to make a written promise to do right by investors

April 20, 2015 at 5:42 PM

Mark Casady has a new beard but his firm's views on fiduciary rules may differ from FSI by more than a whisker.

LPL reconsiders FSI as it drops out of its board, offers own DOL stand and hires own lobbyist

The giant IBD-custodian breaks from Financial Services Institute pack with pro-DOL statement as FSI posts more negative view on Labor Dept.'s 'fiduciary' definition

April 16, 2015 at 3:19 PM

Don Trone: The individuals I am critical of are the members of fiduciary advocacy groups who have turned a blind eye to unethical, and in some cases, illegal behavior.

Where Barbara Roper and Ron Rhoades lose traction in their fiduciary arguments

Lay fiduciary decision-makers have difficulty in discerning conflicts of interest.

March 2, 2015 at 6:19 PM

Don Trone: Fiduciary is no longer a point of inspiration for moral, ethical and prudent decision-making.

Why Obama and the DOL are all wet when it comes to the proposed fiduciary rule

Stress the carrot and not the stick in formulating a rule that will get real results, says a fiduciary maven

February 26, 2015 at 5:54 PM

Lou Harvey: It does mean that annuity sales will no longer be a 'caveat emptor' type of transaction.

'Paradigm shift' in 401(k) flows opens the DOL door for annuities in 401(k) plans and RIAs are split

In the wake of DOL and Treasury rulings, some fiduciaries, certainly not all, seem willing to give the oft-reviled instruments a chance

October 28, 2014 at 6:27 PM

Jacob Adamczyk: Some of them are filled with conflict because they are stuffed full of proprietary funds selected by the fund company -- if the underlying investments can be determined at all.

Why I use target date funds for some 401(k) clients in my RIA but with exaggerated scrutiny and care

The set-and-forget products have enormous potential for good but may also be a fiduciary nightmare

March 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM

Christopher Holtby: In essence, the client is creating a pension plan for future beneficiaries and advisors retain their advisory role for years to come.

The trusteed IRA: One tested method to maintain assets under management through the generations

A probate attorney, a trust exec and a Harvard B-school student float a solution to persuade family members to stay the course

January 10, 2014 at 6:30 AM

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