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U.S. Cautions Bank on Fees Intended to Steer Retiree Accounts.
- Source :
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New York Times . 5/24/2005, Vol. 154 Issue 53224, pC1-C14. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Reports that the U.S. Labor Department has issued an advisory opinion that banks, brokerage firms and investment firms cannot accept payments from mutual fund companies in exchange for steering retirement account customers into those funds. How the opinion may help eliminate some of the troubling conflicts of interest that exist in many individuals retirement accounts; Excerpts from a letter from the Labor Department to Country Trust Bank, an Illinois savings institution; Views of legal experts; Likelihood that the opinion will be scrutinized by those responsible for pension plans; Labor Department investigation of fiduciaries, in order to determine whether plan participants have lost money as a result of conflicts of interest.
- Subjects :
- *MUTUAL funds
*FINANCIAL services industry
*BANKING industry
*STOCKBROKERS
*RETIREMENT income
*INVESTMENT advisors
*INVESTMENT bankers
*CONFLICT of interests
*INDIVIDUAL retirement accounts
*RETIREMENT planning
*RETIREES
*PENSIONS
*INVESTMENT advisor-client relationships
*FINANCIAL planners
*INVESTMENTS
*FINANCIAL planning
*OLDER people
*UNITED States governmental investigations
*PENSION trusts
*TRUSTS & trustees
*FIDUCIARY liability
*INVESTIGATIONS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03624331
- Volume :
- 154
- Issue :
- 53224
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New York Times
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 17112917