âPerhaps the continued confusion can be expected given that the term âbest interestâ is not defined in Reg BI and the word âfiduciaryâ is not used in defining the new standard. It makes it harder to understand.â
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“…the best efforts of those focused on product, not investors, are ultimately doomed to failure.”
For that to work, however, itâs not enough to change the titles brokers use â to make them call their sales representatives âsalespeopleâ and call their services âsales recommendationsâ â youâd also have to completely change the way they market themselves so that their marketing messages are consistent with their regulatory status.
We hold these fiduciaries to be self-evident… This is not the beginning of the end, it is the end of the beginning…
The DOL changed the original ERISA definition of Fiduciary to exempt marginal players. Those players are no longer marginal.
Let’s recognize the researchers, scholars, policymakers, regulators and tireless advocates who work to advance fiduciary principles.
