DOL’s Borzi: Fiduciary Redraft Out a Couple of Months After July

A discussion draft was introduced in mid-May by Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., that was intended to stymie efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission and DOL to move forward in crafting their fiduciary rules, but industry officials said the draft, as currently written, would prove to be of little consequence.

In introducing the discussion draft at a late May hearing titled “Legislative Proposals to Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Investors and Job Creators,” Wagner stressed that it was “a discussion draft,” and said that the measure was intended to address “one of the biggest issues facing retail investors today, the fiduciary issue. What we have is the SEC and DOL heading toward massive rulemakings, changing the way American investors choose investments—and not necessarily for the better.”