What Disclosures Are Required Under Reg BI? - Transcript
Best interest requires both Brokers and investment advisors to fill out a form CRS the form CRS is to be given to all clients prior to any recommendations being made and it is designed to describe to you the nature of your relationship whether there is or isn’t a fiduciary duty whether it is or isn’t discretionary where the broker can trade with or without asking you it tells you whether there are any conflicts of interest between the Investments that they’re recommending and you it will describe compensation a lot more about their background so you have an absolute right to get a form CRS prior as a result of Regulation best interest and there have been many regulatory actions in the last two years over firms not providing those documents to investors.