Kent Mason

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  Without Fiduciary Rule Collaboration, Cost-Benefit Analysis ‘Worthless’

  By Melanie Waddell  |  April 29, 2013

  Comments have been flooding into the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the agency’s March 1 request for input on the costs and benefits of putting brokers under a fiduciary mandate.

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  SEC, DOL Must Collaborate on ‘Overlapping’ IRA Fiduciary Standards: Attorney Mason

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 15, 2013

  The failure of the SEC and DOL to collaborate on their “overlapping” fiduciary rules on IRA advice will render the SEC’s current cost-benefit analysis worthless, says Kent Mason of Davis & Harman.

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  Does Fiduciary Coverage for 401(k) Rollovers Lie Ahead?

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 3, 2013

  A just-released report by the GAO on rollovers foreshadows one of the more controversial aspects of what the DOL’s revised fiduciary rule will look like, industry officials say.

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  Fiduciary Rule Backers Renew Critique of Oliver Wyman Study

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2012

  Proponents of a fiduciary standard for IRA advisors, including Barbara Roper of the Consumer Federation of America, are once again crying dirty pool over a widely reported study.

• Borzi on the Hot Seat, Again

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 24, 2012

  Phyllis Borzi is once again feeling heat—this time from House Democrats—over her insistence on including individual retirement accounts (IRAs) in the Department of Labor’s reproposed fiduciary rule.

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  Oliver Wyman Releases Data on IRA Fiduciary Costs to DOL

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 24, 2012

  After much anticipation, Oliver Wyman released to the DOL and the SEC in early April the data underlying its report stating that applying a fiduciary standard to IRA recommendations is costly.

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  Oliver Wyman Releases Data to DOL on IRA Fiduciary Costs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 5, 2012

  After much anticipation, Oliver Wyman released to the DOL and the SEC on Thursday the data underlying its report stating that applying a fiduciary standard to IRA recommendations is costly.