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How will the DOL enforce its fiduciary rule?

Changes will be felt most markedly in the retail market, where investors will serve as their own enforcement agents.

The Labor Department released the final version of its fiduciary rule last week, bringing about major structural changes for how investment advice is delivered in retirement accounts. Yet arguably the most important and challenging step in the process — enforcement of the new rule — is j

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