Members of the Financial Planning Coalition, with other “Friends of Fiduciary,” renewed their call for the  SEC to move forward with rulemaking on the uniform fiduciary standard in a joint letter to the five SEC commissioners, providing evidence from academic research, market analysis, and observation of industry practices to illustrate the harm to investors that results from the lack of a fiduciary standard.

Washington, D.C.– Documenting the harm to investors resulting from gaps in the rules governing investment advice, investor advocates and industry representatives  are renewing their call for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to better protect investors by establishing a uniform fiduciary standard of conduct consistent with Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Act.