Designed to protect retail investors from conflicts of interest, the SEC's new Regulation Best Interest, known as Reg BI, and related rules take effect on June 30, 2020. Every SEC-registered investment adviser and...more
6/25/2020
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New rule includes a heightened standard for broker-dealers, new required disclosures for investment advisers and broker-dealers and other guidance -
On June 5, 2019, by a vote of 3-1, the SEC adopted Regulation Best...more
6/19/2019
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Last Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new set of rules under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (Proposed Rules) that would establish a new "best interest" standard by which...more
4/24/2018
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