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Jim Sinegal
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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...
Underlying
Wells Fargo & Company

Wells Fargo & Company is a financial and a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance. The company provides consumer financial products and services including checking and savings accounts, credit and debit cards, and automobile, student, mortgage and home equity and small business lending, as well as financial planning, private banking, investment management, and fiduciary services. The company also provides financial solutions including commercial loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, trade financing, treasury management, and investment banking 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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