COLUMN-Fiduciary standard for advice is long overdue in U.S.

When you are planning for retirement and ask for advice, whose interest should come first - yours or the financial expert you ask for help? That is the question at the heart of a Washington debate over the unsexy-sounding term "fiduciary standard." Simply put, it is a legal responsibility requiring an adviser to put the best interest of a client ahead of all else.



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