Behavioral Finance
Read about the behavioral finance factors that affect clients and that help advisors tailor the best financial plans and portfolio strategies for investors.
Defining 'best interest': DOL fiduciary rule clarification?
By Marlene Y. SatterTexas Tech center has launched the Best Interest Initiative, which is focused on answering a question faced by financial advisors as they work with the DOL rule.
April 14, 2016
5 Things Advisors Can Learn From Robo-AdvisorsWhile I am partial to the customized approach that human advisors can provide, I do believe that there are certain things that advisors can learn from robo-advisors.
April 13, 2016
5 Big Banks’ Living Wills Are Rejected by U.S. RegulatorsThe banks, including Wells Fargo, have until Oct. 1 to rewrite the plans.
April 07, 2016
MetLife judge found fault with FSOC ‘too big to fail’ reviewThe much-discussed March 30 legal opinion of U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer has now been unsealed.
April 04, 2016
Panama Papers Show Advisors Need Treasury’s AML Rule, Groups ArgueAdvisors "bring billions of dollars into the U.S. financial system" and should be subject to AML rules, Americans for Financial Reform and others say.
April 01, 2016
Best Finance Tweets of the Month: March 2016Joe Duran finds the irony in a panel discussion, Wu-Tang Financial talks pickup lines, and Shay Woodward enjoys the perks of being an advisor.
March 30, 2016
Judge Overturns MetLife SIFI DesignationCritics say federal judge's ruling deals a significant blow to federal attempts to regulate large nonbank financial companies.
March 30, 2016
Judge overturns MetLife's SIFI labelThe ruling undercuts the Obama administrations plan to more heavily regulate four non-bank businesses it determined had the potential to destabilize the American financial system.