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The Potential Effect Of The Department Of Labor’S New Fiduciary Rule On Broker-Dealers And The Middle Income Retirement Investors Who Rely On Them, Nadia Yoon
Catholic University Law Review
On April 6, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule aimed at increasing the reach of the definition of fiduciary status under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). This rule closed a loophole that had allowed broker-dealers to avoid becoming investment advisers under ERISA, allowing them to provide bad advice to their retirement clients without disclosing material conflicts of interest. This note begins by laying out the fiduciary rules and standards under ERISA and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s oversight regime before the final rule. It then lays out the relevant details of …