Fiduciary standard

Should the board use 1% of its budget for its own oversight? A former board chairman responds to this proposal.

“We are not delaying and we are not changing the standard,” Chairwoman Susan John says of pressure to weaken the board’s tougher guidelines in line with the SEC’s Reg BI.

Think New Jersey’s proposed rule doesn’t apply to you? Think again.

The SEC predictably came up with regulations that can only be described as a win for brokers.

The SEC clarifies what's permissible under the new regulations, the latest sign of the confusion it created in the advisory industry.

Unconflicted enforcement of the new code requires monetary investment from certificants.

Think social media and T-shirts: RIAs should swap “fee only” for “commission free” to draw a stark contrast between themselves and brokers, experts say.

The state regulator says its proposal is necessary after the commission failed to craft a uniform fiduciary standard.

A group of 11 trade associations plan to ask the state’s securities regulator to reconsider its conduct proposal in light of action by the SEC last week.

There's a lot to navigate when it comes to assuring clients that the benefits outweigh the headaches.