DOL Fiduciary Rule Reportedly Delayed, but Industry Itself Is on Path to More Fiduciary Practices
While it’s been reported that the U.S. Department of Labor has requested an 18-month delay to the implementation of the second phase of its fiduciary rule to July 2019 from January 2018, we continue to see evidence that the U.S. financial industry has already begun reducing conflicts of interest between financial advisors and their clients. The delay to the rule was largely expected, as President Trump directed the Department of Labor to re-study the effects of the rule. Additionally, extra time...TD Ameritrade Holding is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of securities brokerage services and related technology-based financial services to retail clients and independent registered investment advisors. The products and services available to the company's clients include: common and preferred stock, Exchange-Traded Funds, options, futures, foreign exchange, mutual funds, fixed income, new and secondary issue securities, margin lending, cash management services, and annuities. The company provides the client service and support through the following means: websites, branches, email, telephone, TTY services for the hearing impaired, and mobile app.
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.
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