Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Brokers Protest Rule to Block Most Retirement Account Commissions



NEW YORK - For most people saving for retirement, buying a non-tradeable real estate investment trust that charges fees and commissions of 11 percent or more doesn't sound like a good deal.

But for a growing number of stockbrokers in a corner of the securities industry known as "independent" broker-dealers, such products are a big part of their income and their firms' revenue.

Many brokers are fuming over a proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule that would block them from selling any investment into a retirement account in return for a commission. Instead, the DOL would restrict a broker's compensation to a fee based on a financial adviser's hours or a flat percentage of the value of a retirement account. 

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Source: NBC News

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