Mounds of research show most investors have no clue of the magnitude of the opaque BD compensation conflicts and what these conflicts cost them. Even Merrill Lynch’s John Thiel has publicly noted his customers don’t know what they pay.
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The Merrill Lynch Mirage on RIAs
Where RIABiz’s view of RIAs as oases-of-ethics bumps up against the Merrill Lynch & Co. mirage — and why that mirage is still so effective.
Mercer Bullard: Think DOL’s Fiduciary Rule Is Too Strict? Blame SEC
The investor watchdog talks to ThinkAdvisor about why SEC Chair White is a ‘bad SEC chair for investors’ and why the Social Security trust fund isn’t as important as many think.
How Advisors Should Prepare for the DOL rule in the Trump Administration
There can be changes around the edges, or changes at the core, but I expect with certainty that there will be uncertainty for a while.
Cuban lessons for US wealth management
Mel Lagomasino, CEO of WE Family Offices, on always acting in the best interests of clients
In DOL/Post-DOL Fiduciary World, RIAs Need to Re-Differentiate
Tens of thousands of new fiduciary brokers will soon fly the fiduciary flag, as Merrill tells the country that the thundering herd will give all its customers – retirement and nonretirement accounts alike – ‘best interest’ treatment.
