What is the Best Interest Standard of Care? I am writing two series of articles that together are called “The Bests.” One is about Best Practices for plan sponsors, while the other is about the Best Interest Standard of Care for advisors. Each series is numbered separately to make it
Investment Advisers and the SEC’s Interpretation of Their Duties: Part II This is my 100th article about interesting observations—or “angles”—concerning the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule and the SEC’s “best interest” proposals. Part I of this post discussed the application of the SEC’s best interest standard to recommendations to participants
Regulation Best Interest Recommendations by Broker-Dealers: Part 2 This is my 96th article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and the SEC’s “best interest” proposals. In my last post, I compared the proposed best interest standard of care for broker-dealers—the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (“Reg
SEC Proposed Reg BI and Recommendations of Rollovers (Part 2) This is my 93rd article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and exemptions and the SEC’s “best interest” proposals. In my last post, I described the similarities between the SEC proposed Regulation Best Interest (Reg
Parallels Between the SEC Regulation Best Interest and the DOL Best Interest Contract Exemption (Part 2) This is my 91st article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and exemptions. These articles also cover the DOL’s FAQs interpreting the regulation and exemptions and related developments in
Parallels Between the SEC Regulation Best Interest and the DOL Best Interest Contract Exemption (Part 1) This is my 90th article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and exemptions. These articles also cover the DOL’s FAQs interpreting the regulation and exemptions and related developments in
The 5th Circuit Decision, Prohibited Transactions, and New Non-Enforcement Policies This is my 89th article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and exemptions. These articles also cover the DOL’s FAQs interpreting the regulation and exemptions and related developments in the securities laws. On Monday, May
The Fiduciary Rule: What’s Next (Part 4)? This is my 88th article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and exemptions. These articles also cover the DOL’s FAQs interpreting the regulation and exemptions and related developments in the securities laws. This is the fourth of my
The Fiduciary Rule: What’s Next (Part 3)? This is my 87th article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and exemptions. These articles also cover the DOL’s FAQs interpreting the regulation and exemptions and related developments in the securities laws. This is the third of my
The Fiduciary Rule: What’s Next (Part 1)? This is my 85th article about interesting observations concerning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule and exemptions. These articles also cover the DOL’s FAQs interpreting the regulation and exemptions and related developments in the securities laws. By now, it’s common knowledge that
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