While the freedom and flexibility of the independent space is attractive to many, it’s the long-term economic potential that’s the real draw for entrepreneurial-minded advisors.
Plaintiffs SIFMA, the Financial Services Institute and the Insured Retirement Institute argue that the Scottrade case highlights firms’ undue risks of facing fractured, state-by-state enforcement under the DOL rule.
Scottrade and its agents neglected their duty to Massachusetts retirees while focusing on gathering new assets in anticipation of the TD Ameritrade merger.