Each calendar quarter, I post approximately 12 articles on my blog, fredreish.com. This quarterly digest provides links to the most popular posts during the past three months so that you can catch up on what you missed or re-read them.

• Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #55: The Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule,” PTE 2020-02:  The FAQs
  This article discusses FAQ 5, which addresses the question of whether there will be further guidance on the definition of fiduciary and whether there will be changes to the exemptions, or exceptions, to the prohibited transaction rules.
• Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #50: The Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule,” PTE 2020-02 (Part 15): Mitigation Strategies
  This article builds on my earlier posts: Part 11, Mitigation; Part 12, Reasonable Compensation; and Part 13 and Part 14, Two Compensation Requirements.
• Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #52: The Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule,” PTE 2020-02:  The FAQs
  This article discusses FAQ 1–the reason why 2020-02 was issued.

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