Fiduciary Links

• InvestmentNews has an editorial about the potential harm to investors from an SEC interpretation that posting disclosures on a company Website may be enough to satisfy disclosure requirements.  You can find the interpretive release here and the submitted comments here.
• Securian is now offering a Web-based encyclopedia to help employers whose retirement plans are administered by Securian address their fiduciary duties.
• The Blog on Wealth says that now is the time to re-negotiate investment management fees.  Check out the commenting section, there is some good discussion going on there.
• An article in Morningstar Advisor gives the advice on how to reach out to investors in times of turmoil.  What makes this article particularly good is the advice that client objectives ultimately determine whether change is needed.  This ties in particularly well with Blaine's most recent Fiduciary Corner column on asset allocation being the means to accomplish a goal, not an end unto itself.
• Financial Adviser magazine says, "More regulation and fewer players will be the outcome of the financial crisis."
• Both the AIF and AIFA designation's listings in the FINRA designation database have been updated.
• We have a new entry in the fi360 Article Competition: Roger Levy's Getting a fiduciary checkup.