Not exact matches
These recommendations are
fiduciary advice
even when the
advisor does not otherwise have a relationship with the participant's 401 (k) plan or pick investments for the IRA.
While a uniform
fiduciary standard would be disruptive to the retirement plan industry in the short - term, I believe it's in the best interest of all retirement plan stakeholders — participants,
fiduciaries, and
even financial
advisors — in the long - term.
Meanwhile, self - styled «investor advocates» campaign for a stricter
fiduciary standard to apply
even to
advisors servicing smaller accounts.
In fact, a recommendation for a participant to take a rollover distribution would be viewed as
fiduciary advice,
even if the
advisor does not include any actual investment recommendations along with the rollover recommendation.
Furthermore, the DOL Rollover Opinion indicates that
advisors providing such
fiduciary advice,
even if inadvertently, will also be treated as subject to the restrictions described in the Rollover Opinion.
It's one of the single most feared (or
even loathed) provisions of the Department of Labor's
fiduciary rule for a large financial institution, because it dramatically raises the stakes of a potential systemic failure to fulfill the firm's
fiduciary duty to clients, outside the relative safety of one -
advisor - at - a-time arbitration (especially industry - friendly FINRA arbitration).
In other words, with the administration currently struggling with numerous other important policy goals, the
Fiduciary Rule (which could negatively impact Franklin's future AUM flow via its broker / dealer and
advisor channels) could well survive and result in
even further growth challenges.
That means
even without the DOL
Fiduciary Rule a fee - only registered investment
advisor is required to put their client's interest first, whether funds are in a retirement account or not.
But this doesn't exclude
advisors from charging a commission,
even under the DOL's new
fiduciary rule.
But financial
advisors who aren't
fiduciaries are fighting back —
even personal finance experts you may trust, like Dave Ramsey, are fighting against it because it goes against their financial interests.