The U.S. Department of Labor is scheduled to release its re-proposed fiduciary rules sometime this year or early next, so what should the industry expect in the latest rendition of the regulation?

The final rule, for starters, could include restrictions like preventing firms from paying their brokers or agents more for selling in-house products.

But according to Bradford Campbell at Drinker Biddle & Reath, the recrafted rule will most likely include exemptions for certain prohibited transactions.

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