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The rule allows exemptions if clients sign a statement acknowledging that their advisor does not have to act in their best interest and then advisors are allowed a commission if it is “reasonable,” which has not been defined.Another attendee at the IRI Government Legal Regulatory Conference compared the DOL’s proposed rules to the equivalent canada goose coats on sale of drinking water from a “firehose.”Troy A. Paredes, a former SEC commissioner, said there’s a cost buy canada goose jacket cheap benefit analysis to be made with every new rule.The question, he asked, is cheap Canada Goose who bears the cost of all this regulation?He said that more regulation isn’t necessarily canada goose clearance better for the industry or for investors. 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