Massachusetts is looking to enforce an industry-wide fiduciary standard within its own borders. Will other states follow?
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Time for Advisers to Speak to Us in Plain English, writes WSJ’s Jason Zweig
The SEC is making financial information simpler. But it’s not yet simple enough.
Institute commends Massachusetts disclosure on fees and services as “Straight Talk”
The proposed Massachusetts Adviser Straight Talk Disclosure is a simple, direct and commonsense approach to informing adviser clients of key information. It can increase investor comprehension of fees and services.
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.
Conventional Wisdom Says a Major Problem is “Investor Confusion” About Brokers and Advisers; Is This the Whole Story?
By Knut A. Rostad and Darren M. Fogarty — Investors misunderstand how brokers and advisers differ because the information they get from the industry is unclear or misleading.
Testimony of Tamar Frankel Before the N.J. Bureau of Securities
Testimony of Tamar Frankel, LL.M. S.J.D. Professor of Law EmeritaBoston University School of LawBefore the N.J. Bureau of Securities Re: Fiduciary Duty/Pre-Proposal on November 19, 2018
