SEC Proposal Dives Into Long-Standing Debate About the Duties of Investment Professionals

SEC Proposal Dives Into Long-Standing Debate About the Duties of Investment Professionals

April 24, 2018, Covington Alert

On Wednesday, April 18th, the SEC introduced a much-anticipated package of proposed rules and formal guidance concerning the standards of conduct for financial professionals. The more than 1,000-page proposal, which emerged eight years after Congress required the agency to conduct a study on the topic, addresses whether investment advisers and broker-dealers should have identical or different standards of conduct vis-à-vis their retail customers.