"In decades of competing against wirehouse brokers owners, registered investment advisors have always found comfort in one thought: Morgan Stanley, UBS, Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo may blur meanings and provide pseudo-advice offerings but they'll never really try to out-RIA RIAs by going to greater lengths to remove conflicts and put client interests first.... Now it is becoming apparent that RIAs in the 401(k) field may need to defend against the Bank of America wealth manager as it mobilizes an ever-growing army of DOL-rule-compliant advisors as a zealously converted fiduciary player."  MORE >>