The regulator also plans to continue monitoring suitability of investment recommendations, with a focus on individual retirement
account rollover recommendations to participants in employer - sponsored plans.
None of our clients use a stock broker and insurance agent — which means they aren't affected by the rule at all unless their plan's financial advisor
gives rollover recommendations in addition to investment advice.
While level - fee investment advisers don't need to satisfy the BICE rules to give investment advice, they must satisfy certain BICE rules to
give rollover recommendations, including:
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.
In contrast to this Rollover Opinion, under the DOL's new and broader definition of fiduciary advice, any and
all rollover recommendations would generally be viewed as fiduciary advice.
The one exception, and it is an important one, relates to
rollover recommendations.