Ron Rhoades, Columnist

One-Man Think Tank: Being a fiduciary is suddenly in style, even as lawmakers dance around the issue

Ron Rhoades: Fiduciary organizations benefit from the media's growing attention to the fiduciary issue.

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<p>The past two years have been some of the most momentous in the relatively short history of the RIA profession. Legislators and regulators have been gradually embracing the fiduciary standard, though whether it will fully apply to everyone calling themselves advisors remains to be seen.</p>

<p>The Department of Labor’s crusade to lower costs and increase transparency in retirement plans means a spate of new regulations affecting advisors and brokers in that market. Dodd-Frank Financial Reform, meanwhile, continues to unroll across the profession, with the biggest change being a shift to state oversight of RIAs with less than $100 million AUM. In this section, you’ll find continually updated RIABiz.com coverage on all these topics.</p>

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