Matt Lynch Moves to Tiburon From IBD-RIA Capital Analysts
By Janet LevauxMatt Lynch, former CEO of the independent broker-dealer/RIA Capital Analysts, is now a principal at Tiburon Strategic Advisors.
March 21, 2012
Lawmakers Grill DOL’s Solis on Fiduciary Duty RedraftAt a House hearing, lawmakers took Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to task Wednesday over how the DOLs recrafting of its fiduciary rule is progressingspecifically on the timing of the re-proposed rule and the rules inclusion of IRAs.
March 21, 2012
Piling On Goldman While Obscuring the Big TruthWhat's been almost entirely missing from the frenzy is a discussion of why Goldman Sachs, according to Greg Smith, was not violating federal regulations.
March 20, 2012
Three Big Trends in RIA Industry: 2012 TechLeaders ConferenceTim Welsh, president and founder of Nexus Strategy, discussed several major trends in the RIA space, like stronger demand for independent advisors and Canadians looking southward.
March 20, 2012
401(k) Fee Disclosure Rules ‘Good for Participants,’ Labor Official Says at ASPPA SummitRetirement historically has been about accumulation. Now its all about decumulation, Michael Davis, deputy assistant secretary of labor, told Brian Graff at the 2012 ASPPA 401(k) Summit on Monday in New Orleans.
March 20, 2012
Are RIAs Really a Bigger Regulatory Problem Than Brokers?A look at the number of enforcement actions against each group provides a ready answer: part two of a series on the Bizarro World inside the beltway
March 19, 2012
At ASPPA, TD Ameritrade Shows Focus on Retirement SpaceAt ASPPA 401(k) Summit, TDAI looks to partner with advisors entering qualified plan business: The 'right place, right time' for advisors to get into the business.
March 19, 2012
HighTower’s Weissbluth: ‘Brokers Are Butchers; Fiduciaries Are Dietitians’Elliott Weissbluths two-and-a-half minute whiteboard animation video recently posted on YouTube calling brokers butchers and fiduciaries dietitians is drawing quite a bit of attention.