The regulator's proposal is set to remake compliance standards for brokers and advisors.

By requiring brokers to look out for clients’ best interests, the SEC is effectively requiring them to give financial advice, which distinguishes them from online brokers and should let them keep charging clients premium fees.

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An unregistered advisor with little investing experience raised $1.4 million from family and friends and then squandered the money on bad investments, federal prosecutors say.

Jamie Price doesn’t expect the firm's advisors to have any problem with a new standard after taking steps to comply with the more restrictive DOL rule.

"I still feel like NAPFA is one of the best kept secrets in the planning world and we want to change that," NAPFA CEO Geoffrey Brown says.

“The broker-dealer world has tried to hang their hat on suitability, and if you close your eyes a little and squint, they almost look like fiduciaries — but not really,” one advisor says.

The defrauded clients included the advisor’s own in-laws, who had suffered from Alzheimer’s and a debilitating stroke.

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If it's not uniform, and it's not a fiduciary standard, then it is at best a modest step forward, investor advocates say.

It appears the regulator bought into the investor choice argument of sales reps right from the beginning.

New rules recognize the fact that commission-based transaction services can be the most cost effective way for Main Street investors to receive financial advice.

New rules would set standards of conduct for brokers, require new disclosures and offer interpretive guidance for fiduciary advisors.

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The commission's approach stands a good chance of superseding the Labor Department's fiduciary rule.

Many are unaware that they are responsible for a majority of their medical expenses, aside from premiums and coinsurance costs.

Timothy Scheve will complete the term of John Thiel, the former head of Merrill Lynch, who left FINRA's board earlier this year.

The claim alleged negligence, fraud and misrepresentation, according to the regulator.

Higher deduction ceilings have made itemizing a moot point for most individuals, but a novel strategy can yield real additional savings.

The commission's new risk alert focuses on fees and expenses and amplifies its focus on disclosures and compensation structures.