SEC’s Plain English Requirement Equals Expensive Client Disclosures
Posted by William Byrnes on August 29, 2010
As of January 1, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission will require advisers to make plain-English disclosures to their clients, laying out the adviser’s business practices, conflicts of interest, and the background of the firm and its personnel. The requirement is designed to drag information out of the fine print on client disclosures and present it in easily understandable language. Although innocuous sounding on its face, the requirement will carry a significant cost in time and resources.
Today’s analysis by our Experts Robert Bloink and William Byrnes is located at AdvisorFX Journal SEC’s Plain English Requirement Equals Expensive Client Disclosures
For previous commentary, see AdvisorFX Journal What You Don’t Know Yet Might Hurt You: A Broker’s Duties under the Financial Reform Act
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