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How many of these questions matter today?
Featuring a lot of investment talk, from more mourning on TDFs to the Dark Side of behavioral finance.
The pendulum again swings in favor of the fiduciary standard as the DOL threatens to come after service providers regarding questionable fees. In the meantime, the battle between Modern Portfolio Theory and Behavioral-based solutions gets hotter.
The research has been around for more than a decade. Why do regulators and the industry ignore it?
Has the SEC screwed the pooch regarding the uniform fiduciary standard? Will the same politics infect the DOL’s proposed Fiduciary Rule and Fee Disclosure Rule?
A Play-by-Play citing media articles throughout the year showing how SEC Chair Mary Schapiro misplayed her strategy to hold the fiduciary standard hostage for more Congressional money.
It’s a tale of two regulators. One wants to play politics while the other wants to accomplish something. Meanwhile, ETFs continue to get mixed reviews.
What popular investment products appears poised to be the next one to self-destruct? A strange occurrence in Washington bodes ill for the Fiduciary Standard – but does it really matter? Meanwhile, we learn the costs of two generations of lost public pension policy – from a third world country!
FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 12/9/11
The downsizing of the Fiduciary Standard, an Orwellian porcine view of fees and yet another search for the Holy Investment Option Grail.