What is the most obvious reason we should have a fiduciary standard? Why is the biggest fear not that regulators don’t act, but that they do? How come annuity sales organizations are among the most vocal opponents of the fiduciary 
standard? Why is investor education not the barrier many believe it to be? What more consumer-friendly term should replace the term “fiduciary duty”? What’s the one thing all 401k plan sponsors should ask their adviser? Why will fiduciary advisers will never be able to convincingly market themselves? How could the SEC have prevented this entire fiduciary mess in the first place?
These are just a few of the amazing answers Consumer Federation of America’s director of investor protection Barbara Roper offered our readers when she agreed to sit down with FiduciaryNews.com for an exclusive interview. And, boy, did she wow us! A leading Continue reading…
FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 5/17/13
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | May 20, 2013
Post IRS, can DC be trusted with Fiduciary? Meanwhile, pop culture tries to define Fiduciary as there appears to be something strange brewing in the markets.
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