Let's be clear what the SIFMA Standard is not. It is not tinkering at the edges of fiduciary practices to accommodate minor deviations for brokers.

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REP. readers do it by the numbers

This article originally appeared on LinkedIn, Aug. 5, 2014...

In 2010, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was quietly passed by way of insertion into a jobs bill.  Four years later, the law is now loudly going into full effect while wreaking havoc on financial institutions and expatriates...

“A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change.” – Lester Thurow, Former Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Author ...

Buyers and sellers of businesses sometimes become fixated on the final price. However, the way that price is paid may be more important than the actual number. It's rare that a business is completely paid for in cash. That means the rest of...

The emergence of so-called “robo-advisors” – online platforms that provide investors with analytical tools for creating their own financial plans and investment portfolios – has been creating a ripple of concern within the...

We continue to expect that U.S. economic growth may rebound to a 3% pace for all of 2014...

Mark Casady explains how having facial hair is changing his own perceptions of himself and his leadership style.