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Michael Wong
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We Believe Many Analysts Are Underestimating the Cost of the Fiduciary Rule on the Largest Firms

Executives', policymakers', and stock analysts' assessments of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule are missing a key input: the potential class-action litigation cost of using the best interest contract, or BIC, to receive commissions. We estimate a long-term annual range for the industry from class-action settlements of $70 million–$150 million. That said, we wouldn't be surprised if near-term class-action lawsuit settlements exceed this by a multiple, as firms figure out how to determine,...
Underlying
Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the company advises, and originates, trades, manages and distributes capital for, governments, institutions and individuals. The company's segments are: Institutional Securities, which provides investment banking, sales and trading, lending and other services; Wealth Management, which provides brokerage and investment advisory services, financial and wealth planning services, stock plan administration services, annuity and insurance products, residential real estate loans and other lending products, banking, and retirement plan services; and Investment Management, which provides investment strategies and products.

Provider
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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Michael Wong

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