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New Jersey has proposed a fiduciary rule that, if finalized and adopted, would raise the standard of care applicable to broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, and their respective financial professionals. New Jersey’s rule proposal would impose an obligation to act as a fiduciary — and without regard to the financial or other interests of the firm or financial professional — when providing investment advice or recommending an investment strategy, the opening or transfer of assets, or the purchase, sale or exchange of a security. New Jersey will have 90 days following the end of the governor’s COVID-related emergency order to take action on its rule proposal (unless this period is extended).
The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new fiduciary rule proposal on June 29, 2020 - entitled
Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees
- to replace the 2016 rule that was vacated in 2018 by a federal appeals court. The DOL accepted public comments on its proposal through August 6, 2020.
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