Piwowar Says SEC Should Write Fiduciary Rule

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Acting SEC chairman Michael Piwowar says the agency should be tasked with writing its own fiduciary rule to govern advice stockbrokers provide to retail investors.
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Acting SEC chairman Michael Piwowar says the agency should be tasked with writing its own fiduciary rule to govern advice stockbrokers provide to retail investors. The comments suggest he favors the industry's call to replace the Labor Department's rule with one businesses would find less onerous, the Wall Street Journal reports. While the Trump administration has postponed implementation of the measure, it remains unclear whether it plans to modify or repeal it.

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