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The DOL Fiduciary Rule does not and will not apply to accounts that are not retirement accounts.

So if you have a brokerage account, the fiduciary rule doesn't apply.

The Fiduciary Rule does not impact what matters most — helping you realize your financial goals.

The Department of Labor fiduciary rule does not exist anymore after a late - Thursday court ruling.

Not exact matches

The Office of Management and Budget has no choice but to return the fiduciary rule on the grounds that the Department of Labor did not do its duty adequately under the rulemaking process.

In early 2017, Americans for Annuity Protection will advocate for a new budget the does not appropriate the necessary funds to implement the fiduciary rule.

This transition period gives newly - minted fiduciaries time to fully comply with the rule — which many advisors did not expect to be implemented.

After many readings, we conclude that the department did little in the way of improving the unworkable and harmful aspects of the proposed rule and, instead, spent much of their time (and words) defending their definition of fiduciary, why they included IRAs and what they believe constitutes investment advice.

Ray Ferrara, the former chairman of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards who's chairman and CEO of dually registered ProVise Management Group in Clearwater, Florida, noted on a panel discussion at the event that he expects his firm to shell out «less than $ 10,000 in our hard costs» to comply with the fiduciary rule, but didn't anticipate «any significant ongoing [compliance] costs.»

However, despite continued pushback from the broker - dealer and insurance industries on the controversial rulemaking — and delays — Saxon told ThinkAdvisor that he doesn't believe that Phyllis Borzi, assistant secretary of labor for DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, the main architect of the fiduciary rule, «is ever going to give up» on making sure the fiduciary redraft sees the light of day.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R - Wis., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement that he was «disappointed» that DOL issued its fiduciary rule, «despite widespread concern about the rule's complexity and the harm it may do to low - and middle - income investors.»

Andrus: The fiduciary rule has actually made it easier to recruit because people don't want to do it on their own?

The key to understanding the fiduciary rule is «are you making a recommendation, and do you get paid in a way that after the fact can be viewed as conflicted,» Blass said.

Institutions and retail advisors who merely dispense information without recommending a product or service, or who don't dispense advice do not trigger fiduciary duties under the DOL rule.

The now - endangered fiduciary rule is based on a simple — and seemingly unarguable — principle: that in giving advice to clients with retirement funds, stockbrokers, registered investment advisers and insurance agents must act in the best interests of their clients... It simply doesn't seem like a good business practice for Wall Street to tell its client - investors, «We put your interests second, after our firm's, but it's close.»

Donald Falk and my colleague Eugene Volokh have done a backgrounder for WLF on Labor Department's Fiduciary Rule Tests First Amendment Limits

Advisors still do not believe the DOL fiduciary rule will impact their use of variable annuities.

«Nothing hard is easy; nothing worth doing is easy,» Ketchum responded, adding that while he has «tremendous respect» for the «range of concerns» expressed by some SEC commissioners regarding a fiduciary rule for brokers, he has «great confidence» in White being able «to move this [rulemaking] forward.»

Further, the final rule defines a variety of investment education activities that fall short of fiduciary conduct, and makes clear that advisors do not act as fiduciaries merely by recommending that a customer hire them to render advisory or asset management services.

The dust is still settling from the recent Department of Labor fiduciary rules and most people I talk with don't know quite what to make of it.

Broker - dealers are helping investors make better retirement decisions as a result of procedural changes firms have made in preparation for the DOL fiduciary rule, according to a study done by state regulators on the Individual Retirement Account rollover market.

Broker - dealers should be «nervous» if they don't have policies and procedures in place before the Department of Labor fiduciary rule's first deadline hits next April, Timothy Hauser, one of the chief architects of the rule, said Tuesday at a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority conference in Washington.

While the new DOL rules are principles based and do not provide discreet instructions as to what advisors should do to fulfill fiduciary duties, industry executive David Trainer said advisors can not lose with clients or regulators by incorporating research into their practice that is «inarguably in the best interest of clients.»

Most of the changes brought about by the fiduciary rule so far have focused on the Duty of Loyalty — ensuring that advisors don't charge excessive fees and avoid conflicts of interests.

The most important thing this rule has done for the investing world is it has woken the public up to how important it is to work with a fiduciary adviser.

No one can say at this point whether the DOL Fiduciary rule will be allowed to stand, or if it does how it will be interpreted.

By law, brokers and agents can't put «investment adviser» on their business cards because they don't follow the fiduciary rules.

That is why we have become increasingly concerned with the growing noise from DOL Fiduciary Rule cheerleaders about the need to regulate who gets to use the term advisor and who does not.

While the new DOL rules are principles based and do not provide discreet instructions as to what advisors should do to fulfill fiduciary duties, we think advisors can not lose with clients or regulators by incorporating research into their practice that is:

The delay in the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule until July 1, 2019, which had weighed down Allianz Life in the first half of this year, is no longer having a «major impact on what we are doing,» said Terzariol.

The Department of Labor fiduciary rule hung over many aspects of the financial services industry in 2017 - and health care did not escape its clutches.

It could, Scalia responded, adding that HHS would have more grounds for that decision than the DOL does with its fiduciary rule.

Moving back the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule to June 9 from April 10 «doesn't change much» for Principal Financial, Houston said.

I don't see this tide turning even if the Fiduciary rule is overturned.

Some industry critics say it too closely mimics the Department of Labor fiduciary rule that was struck down by the courts last week, while others say it doesn't go far enough.

As a long - time supporter of the Fiduciary Rule, I hope the Fifth Circuit decision doesn't doom the regulation.

Some industry critics say it too closely mimics the Department of Labor fiduciary rule, while others say it doesn't go far enough.

It is clear that the Fiduciary Rule was constructed to keep money inside 401 (k) s and the biggest force was 401 (k) product providers who knew that unless something was done they'd be forced, as Mr. Worthington said, to cut fees (and profit), change products, consolidate or all of the above.

We probably would not have the fuss over the fiduciary rule if total and prominent disclosure of fees were done.

In the absence of an investment recommendation, the rule does not treat individuals or firms as investment advice fiduciaries merely because they execute transactions at the customer's direction.

Plus, these companies don't have to follow the fiduciary rule since they only execute orders that you give to them.

Do you think the fiduciary rule should be stricter in disclosing investment costs and fees?

Somewhere in the entrails of Washington DC Fiduciary Rule legislation is being born, but we don't know whether it will see the light of day or not.

Finally, be aware that the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule, in which financial advisors must do what is in the best interest of their clients (instead of peddling high fee funds that give them kickbacks) remains in effect despite some industry insiders expecting the new administration to rollback this newest of financial regulations.

We probably would not have the fuss over the fiduciary rule if total and prominent disclosure of fees were done.

Many record keepers were able to do so prior to the DOL's fiduciary rule going into effect last summer.

The Labor Department's proposed rule would give them the chance to do that by requiring those giving retirement investment advice to act in the best interest of their clients and comply with the fiduciary standard already embraced by Rebalance IRA and other investment innovators.

With the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule going into effect on June 9, investors should recognize what financial advisers can, and can't, do.

How do you feel about your firm's ability to comply with Department of Labor's fiduciary rule change?

The fiduciary rules is a great idea, but you still need to know what honest financial advisors should do when it comes to disclosing fees.