On the fiduciary rule

WWB strongly supports this position.

Regulations that facilitate conflicts and transacting under an overly complex body of regulation combined with poor but legalesed disclosure are what caused the problem. Together they enable, effectively, a regulatory safe harbor for operating under false color.  Its not complex... but gets so when regulatory capture holds the day. And that's where we are. 

"I do not believe a broker can act as a fiduciary to an investor seeking advice for his personal investments for one simple reason – he can’t serve two masters. A broker already owes a fiduciary duty to his client. It’s just that his client is not the public that buys his wares; his client is the issuer of securities, companies, municipalities, mutual fund companies and other investment product manufacturers. And frankly, Wall Street is already failing at fulfilling this duty. Any IPO that has a large pop on the first day of trading is a failure of the brokerage underwriter to meet his fiduciary duty to his client. What is needed is more education, not a blurring of the lines between advisers and brokers."

The Fiduciary Rule Educates The Public