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Regulatory Education
Switching hats in a post-regulation best interest world
With the adoption of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is imposing an enhanced standard of conduct on broker-dealers and their associated persons when making recommendations to retail customers.
Regulatory Education
Thought Leadership Report: Enforcement and Litigation Risks
This article provides a high-level overview of how the SEC enforces the federal securities laws and the rules thereunder, and the enforcement and litigation risks presented by the rulemaking package.
Regulatory Education
Thought Leadership Report: The New SEC Standards
This article provides a high-level summary of the rulemaking package and explores its implications for registered investment advisors and dual registrants.
Behavioral Finance
Keeping Emotions in Check – A Historical Guide to Market Volatility
This piece is approved to use with clients.
One of the biggest challenges in investing is to stay focused and on course. Investors must look at the markets from a historical perspective for broader context, and to better understand why it is important to stay the course during both calm and perilous markets.
Behavioral Finance
Trust and Financial Advice
Vanguard researchers break down strategies advisors can use to build greater trust with their clients.
Behavioral Finance
From Plan to Portfolio
Advisors integrating planning into their practices face new challenges. Of critical importance is the advisor’s ability to translate client needs into financial solutions and to communicate how those solutions meet their goals. Needs-based planning builds confidence in the advisor and helps clients avoid costly emotional decisions which can sabotage long-term results.