Dodd seen scrapping fiduciary requirement for brokers in proposal
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by admin in Business
The provision was circulated three weeks ago by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., a Banking Committee member. Rather than classifying certain brokers as registered investment advisers, his proposal would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study of regulatory standards for brokers and advisers, and then propose rules on the issue.
Scrapping the fiduciary requirement will only hurt investors, said Knut A. Rostad, chairman of The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard, a group formed last year to promote higher standards for financial advisers.
“Studying this issue is a straw man,” Mr. Rostad said. “There has been so much study that has been done over the past 15 years that the SEC has become a think tank on the issue of fiduciary issues, but the industry needs to explain why these investor protections should not be afforded to their customers.”
Kirsten Brost, a spokeswoman for the Senate Banking Committee, didn’t return calls seeking comment.
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