Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Daren Domina talked with Reuters about the financial industry wanting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delay a new rule requiring brokers to disclose potential conflicts of interest, citing disruptions caused by the Coronavirus.
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The so-called Regulation Best Interest rule is one of several the industry has been lobbying to delay or suspend as it struggles with staff working from home, volatile markets, and a flood of customer queries due to the pandemic. A delay would help free-up much-needed resources, the people said.
One of the people with knowledge of the lobbying efforts, Daren Domina, an investment management partner at corporate law firm Haynes and Boone, said large brokers are still working to comply with the rule, albeit on a slower pace, while smaller brokers have made scant progress.
“An extension applicable to all firms though would be the fairest result,” Domina said.
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