{"id":8581,"date":"2016-08-09T23:13:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T03:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/?post_type=news&p=8581"},"modified":"2016-08-09T23:13:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T03:13:18","slug":"dol-fiduciary-rules-grandfathering-exemption-may-be-lost-by-changing-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/dol-fiduciary-rules-grandfathering-exemption-may-be-lost-by-changing-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"DOL fiduciary rule’s ‘grandfathering’ exemption may be lost by changing firms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jul 26, 2016 @ 1:50 pm |\u00a0<\/span>By Greg Iacurci<\/a>\u00a0| Investment News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Advisers banking on \u201cgrandfathering\u201d pre-existing investments in retirement accounts under the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule may not be able to rely on the provision indefinitely.<\/p>\n As it turns out, industry executives and regulatory experts believe advisers switching firms could lose the grandfathering privilege upon switching firms, leading to a potential stymying effect on adviser recruitment and moves.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would really be a gray area as to if grandfathering would be lost,\u201d Marcia Wagner, principal at The Wagner Law Group, said. \u201cBut who would want to take that risk?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n