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Benefits Think Is the fiduciary rule finally dead?
This does not mean that plan sponsors and committee members cannot insist on getting non-conflicted fiduciary advice; it just makes their job harder.
Fiduciary rule may be gone, but many of its requirements still apply
Plan sponsors and advisers: “It is important to realize that three or four years from now, what is done today will be examined, and it needs to be done with a good standard of care and mitigation of conflicts of interest.”