The Human Capital podcast brings you the latest on the people who are helping to shape the financial services regulatory landscape, be they lawmakers, attorneys, industry officials or lobbyists. We'll get inside views from the movers and shakers on how various policy matters are impacting the advisory industry. Hosted by Melanie Waddell, Washington Bureau Chief for Investment Advisor Magazine and ThinkAdvisor.com, this bi-weekly podcast complements the weekly Human Capital briefing.
LUMINARIES: Leadership Lessons From Mark Tibergien
For today’s conversation, we’re taking a different approach in order to highlight ThinkAdvisor’s new industry recognition program: The LUMINARIES, which is recognizing top advisors, broker-dealers, RIAs, asset managers and other firms, as well as their outstanding programs, products and services.
The 2021 finalists of this groundbreaking program will be announced soon online at ThinkAdvisor.com. They’ll also be featured in print in Investment Advisor magazine’s September and November issues.
The Luminaries awards shine a spotlight on excellence in four key areas by telling the stories of those leading the industry forward in: Diversity & Inclusion, Thought Leadership, Executive Leadership and Dealmaking/Growth.
Today, we're speaking with one of the esteemed judges of the LUMINARIES program: Mark Tibergien. We’ll be speaking with more of the VIP judges, as well as some of the LUMINARIES’ winners, in a new podcast series that kicks off soon as part of this new recognition program.
Mark Tibergien -- who started his professional life in journalism, radio and sales -- went on to lead BNY Mellon Pershing’s Advisor Services business.
The now retired industry veteran continues to support and participate in exciting programs like the LUMINARIES.
21 May 2021
Human Capital: FSI's Bellaire Sounds Off on DOL Withdrawal of Independent Contractor Rule
In this episode of Human Capital we talk with David Bellaire, general counsel for the Financial Services Institute in Washington, about FSI’s lawsuit against the Labor Department for withdrawing its independent contractor rule.
FSI filed a lawsuit on May 13 against the Labor Department for withdrawing its final independent contractor rule and is now actively lobbying Senators about a legislative remedy.
“I think that there is a deeply held view in the Biden administration that all workers are benefited by being employees rather than independent contractors -- that the protections provided to them are greater and therefore all workers should be employees of their firms," Bellaire said. "Our members would see that very differently. … They chose this model because they want to own their own business, they want to serve clients in the best way they could without interference.”
Listen in as Bellaire talks about the lawsuit’s timing, how withdrawal of the rule is impacting firms as well as why FSI worries that Labor and the Biden administration may pursue a more stringent independent contractor standard.
23 Apr 2021
Human Capital: Ed Slott on Why Raising RMD Age Is 'Useless'
In this episode of Human Capital, Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co. relays important tax advice related to potential changes to the stepped-up basis and estate tax, and also warns that the potential boosting of the required minimum distribution age to 75 is likely “useless,” and that lawmakers may actually be “creating a bigger problem” with such a change.
Slott also zeros in on how rollover advice is a central aspect of both the Labor Department’s new fiduciary prohibited transaction exemption as well as the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest, and warns that advisors need to up their game on their rollovers smarts.
“For advisors, all they need to know, and it’s a lot to know, they have to do a better job putting clients’ interests first," Slott said. "...There’s a lot of money in these 401(k)s, employer plans, and there’s big rollover opportunities for advisors….but in all of these they want advisors to use a best interest, a fiduciary-type approach.”
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