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Jim Sinegal

The SEC’s Regulation Best Interest May Not Be What the Financial Sector Wished For

The investment services and wealth management companies will now have to closely follow the SEC's package of best interest regulations, as the deadline for the Department of Justice to appeal the vacating of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule to the Supreme Court has passed. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals now only has to issue the mandate putting its vacating of the DOL rule into effect for the DOL rule to effectively disappear. We are currently maintaining our fair value estimates ...
Underlying
BANK OF AMERICA CORP

Bank of America is a bank and a financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides a range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company's segments include: Consumer Banking, which provides credit, banking and investment products and services; Global Wealth & Investment Management, which provides investment management, brokerage, banking and retirement products; Global Banking, which provides lending-related products and services, integrated working capital management and treasury solutions, and underwriting and advisory services; and Global Markets, which provides sales and trading services and research services.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Jim Sinegal

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