Fiduciary Rule

With a rise of class-action lawsuits in the offing, the smallest investors could get the cold shoulder.

Independent robo providers still have a chance to survive and reach sustainability, thanks to an expected flood of smaller accounts being shed as a result of the rule.

SEC Chairwoman tells lawmakers that a uniform fiduciary proposal is advancing and appeals for a funding increase that would be used to beef up advisor exams.

Implementing the rule is a key legacy goal of the Obama administration.

The timeframe for implementing the rule is unrealistic under the original proposal, according to the general counsel for SIFMA, an industry trade and lobby group.

In a surprise move on Wednesday, the company went public with its plans to prepare its advisors and financial institutions for the coming regulatory changes.

The broad-based price reductions could force other IBDs out of business, one expert thinks.

Only time will tell if institutions that have been proactive fare best.

The head of Wall Street's chief regulator doesn't see "why a best interest standard shouldn't apply across all products and all activities."

Research firm Cerulli Associates anticipates "unexpected changes" in the retirement space as a result of the Labor Department's proposed rule.

The new retirement platform will support advisors who are transitioning to the fiduciary model.

The industry's leading lobbying group, SIFMA, says that the Labor Department's fiduciary proposal would result in a messy regulatory framework that could spur the SEC to restore order to the chaos.

Voices: Advisors may regret delaying their preparation for the new regulation.

All advisors should familiarize themselves with the rule's likely changes to ERISA.

A fundamental role in the securities business is changing — and there’s no going back.

Banks are likely to accelerate the shedding of their in-house mutual fund businesses in light of the proposed rule.

Advisors should start getting up to speed now if they want to keep their heads above water when the rule begins to be implemented later this year, experts say.

Advisors' most pressing questions on the proposal get answers from SEI's head of practice management solutions.

Advisors' biggest concern is that converting to a fee-based model will lead to a drop in income. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Few independent firms will be unaffected by the change, and if they don’t get cracking, they may "find themselves in a costly and time-consuming game of catch-up," argue Robert Cirotti and Gabriel Garcia of Pershing.