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Investment abuses and fraud

Keeping Your Broker Honest

Nov 2, 2011

The SEC has recommended that investment professionals providing personalized advice to retail customers follow a fiduciary standard of care, according to a SEC staff report sent to Congress on January 21. The long-awaited staff report recommends that the SEC commissioners write regulations to create a fiduciary standard for broker-dealers, which is about the same as…