Court Update: Reg-BI is the New Standard For Advisors and Brokers!
Courts did NOT throw out Reg-BI! Don’t be part of the last rush to compliance At this point, if you have not heard of the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest, then...Read More
Your Reg-BI Briefing – Be Ready. Stay Compliant.
As we all remember, it has been a few years since governmental agencies were working on a new proposal to regulate the financial advisory industry with the best interest of investors in mind.
3 Reasons RIAs Shouldn’t Wait For a Court Ruling on Reg-BI
With less than 3 weeks until the June 30th Regulation Best Interest compliance deadline, are you one of the RIAs holding their breath to see if it will be stopped? The lawsuits don’t intend to stop Reg BI because it is too strict, though. In fact, they believe the opposite - that it doesn’t go far enough. Their main argument is that the SEC’s new rule does not hold brokers to the same fiduciary standard as RIAs and breaks some of the requirements of the Dodd-Frank bill.
Improve Plan Sponsor Conversion & Increase Revenue with ParticipantDirect
How Does This Help You? How This Helps Participants? How This Helps Plan Sponsor? We always explain to our clients that Larkspur-RiXtrema apps have two goals: Help you win more...Read More
Reg BI Risk Alerts For Broker-Dealers And Investment Advisers
Two new Risk Alerts: Don’t Wait to Become Compliant Forgive us if you’re getting sick of reminders that Reg-BI is not being delayed by the SEC. As Luke wrote this...Read More
RIAs Beware! Small Mistakes Can Carry Expensive Fines For 401(k) Plan Sponsors
Fidelity is a Frequent 401(k) Lawsuit Defendant Oracle’s $12 million-mistake Market corrections are marketing opportunities Key Takeaways RiXtrema’s 401k Fiduciary Optimizer was created to help Financial Advisors inform plan sponsors...Read More
Here’s How You Can Take The Offensive While Competitors Hunker Down
Take the offensive during this financial downturn Plan Sponsors are under pressure from Participants Make your marketing seamless and automatic Set it and forget it Take the offensive during this...Read More
Larkspur Executive converts Prospects to Clients
Larkspur Executive provides powerful retirement plan analytics along with a relentless marketing process that can be used to win the business of plan sponsors. It allows advisors to analyze...Read More
Global Oil War
Our COVID-19 under-prediction An Arm Wrestle Competition between OPEC and Russia The Energy Crisis can linger longer than Coronavirus Portfolio Crash Test Pro is the best tool for crises COVID-19...Read More
Can a plan have too many Funds
Key Talking Points Can the menu be too small? A Diversified Plan Menu Summary It shouldn’t be surprising that a plan which had over 200 options for participants to choose...Read More