The Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule will make thousands of non-registered defined contribution plan advisors fiduciaries “over night,” say analysts at Cerulli Associates.
But if the finalized version of the complex rule resembles its proposed form, it is not expected to stem the tide of 401(k) rollovers to IRAs in the coming years, claim the analysts.
When the DOL unveiled its proposal last April, it built its case for the new rule’s necessity largely on the argument that IRA owners often receive conflicted advice, amounting to billion is losses to savers a year.
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