The SEC formally assured the brokerage industry that for 30 months it won’t take action against firms that break out the cost of market analysis for clients subject to European Union rules taking effect in January.
Fallout from the Senate vote on arbitration clauses, Douglas Boneparth takes Tony Robbins to task, and another financial advisor is charged with fraud.
Three top executives of leading IBD firms on fixing the fiduciary rule, how the demographic tides are working against them and why they should be more scared of Amazon and Google than each other.
“What you really need are computer geniuses who failed as algorithmic traders and are willing to switch sides,” said Brad Bennett, who was head of enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority until earlier this year.