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Valuable ways to have the fiduciary conversation with clients

The Department of Labor's new rule creates an opportunity to have some great conversations.

Earlier this month, I shared how my clients reacted when I told them I'd become a fiduciary. The short version: mostly silence and shoulder shrugs. A few clients tried saying it — "Fiduci-what?" — before they told me they already believed my advice put them first.
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