Study on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers

Download or read book Study on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retail investors seek guidance from broker-dealers and investment advisers (BD&IA) to manage their invest. and to meet their own and their families¿ financial goals. BD&IA are regulated extensively, but the regulatory regimes differ, and BD&IA are subject to different standards under fed. law when providing invest. advice (IA) about securities. This report evaluated: (1) The effectiveness of existing legal standards of care for providing personalized IA and recommend. about securities to retail customers; and (2) Whether there are legal gaps in regulatory standards in the protection of retail customers relating to providing personalized IA about securities to retail customers that should be addressed by statute. This is print on demand report.