There’s no turning back. The cat is out of the bag. Regulators or not, the marketplace seems to have already made the decision to adopt the fiduciary standard.
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Meddling politicians, the infantile Fiduciary debate, a DOL surprise and a totally backwards approach to giving investment advice – what more can you ask for?
The DOL plans to turn up the heat, states look for alternatives to pensions, politicians spout lobbyist talking points, and is the end near for revenue sharing?
States and Feds go in opposite directions on retirement, the fiduciary debate gets hotter and more strangeness in the world of investments.
In many ways, the fallout of the Merrill Rule made this debate what it is today.
Retirees dodge a Washington Bullet, the fiduciary debate heats up, a look into the future with future disclosure and the beginning of the end of Modern Portfolio Theory?
Did a Clinton-era misguided quid pro quo, ultimately approved during the Bush administration, lead to the house of cards we see today?
The SIFMA has no Clothes, the next investment fad and “Are you Ready for some Fee-Ball?”
To the extent regulation improves efficiencies, there will always be winners and losers. Those who don’t benefit will always oppose the change.
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Why do they keep insisting 401k is a failure? Why do they keep insisting a fiduciary compromise is consistent with “fiduciary”? Why are young investors doomed to repeat the same mistakes as their elders?