Added on November 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Looking to free themselves from limitations they are feeling in the wirehouse world, advisors will typically embark upon an exploration of the independent space since it allows for the highest level of freedom and flexibility.
Added on November 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Predictably, experts clash on what the impact of either a Trump or Clinton win will mean for the fiduciary rule before it is slated to go into effect on April 10. Some believe that the presidential election's effect on its implementation could extend far beyond the rule's technical boundaries to Dodd-Frank regulation — as well as to all non-retirement accounts. If that's the case, non-qualified accounts could come in for as profound a revolution as the one currently anticipated for retirement accounts.
Added on November 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Most of the impact of a Labor Department regulation to raise investment advice standards for retirement accounts hits brokers, but investment advisers also have to comply with the measure — a point that was emphasized in agency guidance this week about the rule.
Added on October 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Investment advisers who have been through a Securities and Exchange Commission cybersecurity examination warned other advisers Tuesday not to wait for an inspection notice from the agency to begin fortifying their online systems.
Added on October 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Risk management tools and tweaks are being introduced nearly daily now to help advisers comply with the Department of Labor's best-interest rule for retirement advice, which goes into effect in less than six months.
