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Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Creative Planning buys Mesirow Team

Registered investment advisor (RIA) Creative Planning announced the purchase of Mesirow’s corporate retirement advisory services team....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The good guys can say no

I always believe that regardless of whether it’s business or regular day-to-day life, you can’t be everything for everybody. Being honest with that is only half the battle....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

CAPTRUST buys Houston RIA

CAPTRUST announced its purchase of Monroe Vos Consulting, a Houston-based registered investment advisor (RIA) with $5.8 billion in assets. Monroe Vos provides advisory services for retirement plan sponsors, endowments, and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

What Broker-Dealers Need to Know About Correcting PTE 2020-02 Mistakes

The DOL expanded its interpretation of fiduciary advice in the Preamble to PTE 2020-02 and as a result, many more broker-dealers and their registered representatives (investment professionals) are fiduciaries for their...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOL Issues Proposed Amendment to the QPAM Exemption

On June 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed amendment to the prohibited transaction class exemption 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”). The QPAM Exemption is a broad-based class exemption relied upon...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #91: Rollover Recommendations to Participants in Government Plans

The DOL’s expanded definition of fiduciary advice is described in the preamble to PTE 2020-02. The PTE then provides relief for conflicted non-discretionary recommendations (for example, rollover recommendations), if its...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SEC Imposes New Standard for Broker-Dealer Investment Advice

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On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to adopt “Regulation Best Interest,” which is intended to increase the duties a broker-dealer owes to its clients. While SEC-registered investment advisors...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

The Department of Labor’s 2016 Final Fiduciary and Conflict of Interest Regulations: The Principal Transactions Exemption

This post continues our examination of the Department of Labor’s suite of final fiduciary and conflict of interest regulations. Our prior posts discussed the newly expanded definition of “investment advice fiduciary” and the...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Probes Retirement Advice

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The SEC has been sending lengthy sweep examination letters to many registered investment advisers (RIAs) and broker-dealers, requesting a broad variety of information regarding retirement plan advice. A form of the...more

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