Please Join The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard The Frankel Fiduciary Prize Symposium Host Committee and John C. Bogle Sir Adrian Cadbury Tamar Frankel Ralph Nader at the Frankel Fiduciary Prize Symposium And Prize Award December 10, 2013 In Honor of Robert A. G. Monks National Press Club 529 14th St, 13th floor Washington DC […]
5 Years On, Americans See Wall St. as ‘Foreign … a Culture Apart
By Knut A. Rostad Researchers Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI*) have published an important paper that delves into the nature of Americans’ distrust of Wall Street. “Five Years After the Crash: What Americans Think about Wall Street, Banks, Business and Free Enterprise,” also illustrates that Americans clearly distinguish “Wall […]
Why do we need the fiduciary standard?
By Marion Asnes (Note: Fiduciary September is a good time to pause and ask the question, why do fiduciary principles matter? Why are they important? In this piece, Institute co-founder Marion Asness gets her arms around this question through a conversation with law professor Tamar Frankel, one of the world’s leading experts in fiduciary […]
65-Year-Old SEC Ruling Shines Clear Light on Fiduciary Standard
By Knut A. Rostad In honor of Fiduciary September, the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard has published a white paper that discusses the Six Core Fiduciary Duties identified by the Institute as embodying the major elements of fiduciary responsibility under the Advisers Act of 1940. The Six Core Fiduciary Duties reflect principles that have served society for […]
The Public Deserves A Safe Harbor From Conflicted Advice
By Dan Moisand In a recent piece, Jason Zweig quotes the former Republican U.S. Senator from New Hampshire who also serves as the chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Wall Street’s main trade group, Judd Greg. It was regarding a possible Department of Labor rule applying a fiduciary standard to IRAs. […]
The Specific Fiduciary Duties of Investment Advisers
Contrary to what some of the critical comments received by the DOL/EBSA suggest, fiduciary duties are neither too “ill-defined” nor “vague” to be applied to investment advisory activities. Such duties have been applied to other professionals for centuries. Additionally, there is a significant body of case law applying fiduciary duties of due care, loyalty, and good faith upon the activities of investment advisers (both at the federal and state level).
