"In adapting their practices to the DOL's new fiduciary rule, financial advisers need to focus on the fact that fiduciary liability is generally based on a fiduciary's imprudent conduct in developing their investment recommendations, not the actual performance of the actual investments and strategies. It is reasonable to assume that the courts will continue to rely on the Restatement of Trusts and the Prudent Investor Rule in interpreting imprudent conduct under the DOL's new fiduciary rule."  MORE >>