الجمعة, 13 آب/أغسطس 2021 18:57

DOL Says Rollovers are Now Always Fiduciary Advice

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The Department of Labor has just clarified one of the major uncertainties surrounding the current iteration of the fiduciary rule, and the news is not good for advisors. The DOL now clearly states that any invest recommendations that would occur post rollover are directly akin to recommending the rollover itself. NAPA Net summarized the changed, which was clarified by Tim Hauser at the DOL (Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Office Operations at the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration) this way: “Suggesting investments that could occur after a rollover is tantamount to recommending a rollover, and if it meets the rest of the five-part test will constitute fiduciary advice, regardless of how it’s phrased. It doesn’t require the ‘magic words’”.


FINSUM: This is a response to some clever drafting that firms were trying to use to get around the “rollovers are fiduciary advice” mandate. Very important development.

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