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Broker-Dealer Regulation & Litigation Digest – Summer 2021

The Broker-Dealer Regulation & Litigation Digest is a periodic compilation of the most read blog posts published here during the last few months. Here you can catch up on what you missed or re-read these popular posts.

Robinhood vs. Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Commonwealth: A Battle for the Ages over Massachusetts’ New Strict Fiduciary Duty Rule
By Sandra Grannum, James Lundy and Heaven Chandler
Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Galvin, is taking on Robinhood for violating Massachusetts’ new fiduciary duty rule for broker-dealers. In December 2020, Galvin filed a 24-page regulatory complaint, seeking to ban the popular trading app for violating the State’s strict fiduciary duty rule that requires broker-dealers to act in the best interest of their clients. READ MORE.

Broker-Dealer Services to Plans and IRAs: Impact of the DOL Fiduciary Advice Exemption
By Fred Reish, Bruce Ashton and Joshua Waldbeser
The Department of Labor (DOL) confirmed on February 12 that the Trump-era Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (PTE) would go into effect as scheduled on February 16, 2021. The PTE will likely affect the business of broker-dealers that regularly make investment recommendations to IRA owners, as well as retirement plans and their participants (including rollover recommendations). This is due in part to the requirements of the PTE itself, but also because the rulemaking includes new interpretations that will expand the circumstances under which broker-dealers and their associated persons will be deemed to be advice fiduciaries. READ MORE.

SECURE Act 2.0: Key Provisions Affecting Retirement Plans
By Fred Reish, Bruce Ashton and Stephen Pennartz
Late last year, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020 (SECURE 2.0), a bipartisan legislative proposal that includes changes designed to encourage plan adoption, promote retirement savings, and fix certain plan administration problems. As retirement income issues gain an expanding focus, we think it is important for broker-dealers, RIAs and their advisors to understand changes that could impact their clients. READ MORE.

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August 4, 2021
Written by: Broker-Dealer Law Blog
Category: Fiduciary, Fiduciary Duty, IRA, Prohibited Transactions, Regulation Best Interest, Retirement Account, Rollovers

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