Stockbrokers will soon have to disclose more about conflicts of interest that can bias investment advice under a government plan favored by Wall Street.
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Institute Initiatives
The EU leapfrogs the US on investor protection
By Knut A. Rostad and Darren M. Fogarty
MiFID II’s standard raises the transparency bar well above the U.S. SEC’s proposed Regulation BI and Form CRS.
Institute & Industry Leaders
Jack Bogle: Capitalist rock star
Bogle’s impact on investing, investors and the markets place him among the most important political and business actors globally in the last half century
Advocacy on SEC, State Rulemaking
Meet Margaret from Maryland
Meet Margaret from Maryland. She had been relying on the advice of brokers for many years but contacted a fiduciary (CFP®) for a second opinion when the broker recommended that she buy another annuity to add to the two she’d already been sold.
Knut’s Views
Warren Phillips, Fiduciary Evangelist
The Wall Street Journal remembered Warren Phillips, who retired as chairman of the Dow Jones Corporation in 1991 and passed away on May 10 at the age of 92.
Institute News
Testimony to the Maryland Senate Finance Committee
Testimony of Knut A. Rostad . President & Co-Founder Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, March 13, 2019, to the Maryland Senate Finance Committee on SB 786 and House Economic Matters Committee on HB 1127 on Section 5.
