June 27, 2019
SEC Reg BI Involves 'Massive Implementation' Process: PeirceSEC Commissioner Peirce urged broker-dealer execs Thursday to alert the agency quickly to any Reg BI compliance hurdles.
June 26, 2019
House Votes to Halt SEC Regulation Best InterestBut Waters' amendment blocking enforcement of the rule is likely a tough sell in the Senate.
June 24, 2019
Rep. Waters Seeks to Block SEC Regulation Best InterestThe House Financial Services Committee chairwoman's amendment to the financial services appropriations bill to block funding for enforcement of Reg BI was approved by the House Rules Committee late Monday.
June 21, 2019
Ron Rhoades: SEC Reg BI Is 'Greatest Securities Fraud in History'The fiduciary law expert gives ThinkAdvisor a piece of his mind on the SEC's new best-interest rule.
June 11, 2019
The Good, Bad and Ugly of SEC's Reg BI and Advice-Standards PackageThe rules have been approved. What now? Raymond James analyst Ed Mills and others weigh in.
June 06, 2019
SEC's Clayton Explains 'Best Interest' vs. 'Fiduciary' DutyBoth brokers and advisors are going to have to be "very candid" about how they are paid, Clayton says.
June 05, 2019
Cheers, Jeers for SEC's New Advice-Standards RulesSIFMA said compliance would be difficult but worthwhile; Democratic lawmakers blasted the rules as inadequate.
June 05, 2019
SEC Passes Regulation Best Interest by 3-1 VoteReg BI, Clayton said, "will substantially enhance the broker-dealer standard of conduct beyond existing suitability obligations."
June 05, 2019
LIVE UPDATES: SEC's Reg BI VoteCheck here for live updates by ThinkAdvisor's Washington bureau chief on the SEC's vote this Wednesday.
June 03, 2019
A Timeline of the Contentious Fiduciary RulesThe SEC's Regulation Best Interest was born out of a years-long struggle to regulate brokers as fiduciaries.