| ERISA VISTA: Compliance |
| A PLANADVISER readers asks, “I understand that if my firm and I have level compensation and don’t have any conflicts of interest in providing fiduciary investment advice to IRAs, the only compensation rule is that the amount must be reasonable. But what if my firm has conflicts of interest and I’m under the Best Interest Contract exemption? What are the rules about my compensation in that case?”
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| Push Into Smart Beta Has Paid Off for Institutional Investors |
| Estimates from a Sharpe model imply that their outperformance comes from greater nuance in factor exposures, or “smart beta” investing.
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| 2016 PLANADVISER Practice Benchmarking Survey |
| When asked what they think will be the most significant growth area for their practice over the next 12 months, the biggest increase was seen in fiduciary services, cited by 46% of advisers—up from 36% last year.
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| Retirement Advisers Can Benefit from Life Insurance Knowhow |
| Some 40% of investors say they are fundamentally interested in life insurance products—and many are interested in speaking with wealth advisers about how to use them properly.
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