The DOL’s fiduciary rule re-defines when a party is acting as a “fiduciary” under ERISA as a result of providing investment advice to a retirement plan and has the effect of greatly expanding the types of services that are deemed to be fiduciary in nature. While some of the fiduciary rule’s requirements are not yet applicable, the fiduciary rule’s first set of requirements became applicable earlier this summer.
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