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Final Retirement Advisor Rule Reflects Some Changes Sought by Industry

U.S. brokers managing retirement accounts must adhere to tough new standards under an Obama administration rule released Wednesday that aims to protect millions of savers from conflicted investment advice. The Labor Department regulation, which gave the industry some concessions from …

Willis Exec Warns of Rise in ‘White Collar Crime’ in UK

Francis Kean, executive director in Willis’s financial and executive risks practice has examined a growing trend in white-collar crime in a WillisWire blog. He indicated that” according to a report in The Times on Thursday 22nd May 2014, the number …