Under new rules that took effect on February 1, 2022, a series of specific actions are now required when making recommendations for IRA transfers and plan rollovers. These actions apply to each recommendation made, must be documented and shared with the investor, and audited on an annual basis in order to comply. In terms of reach, these rules are impacting nearly every firm in the wealth management space driving the need for new technology solutions.

The 5-step best interest process required by the DOL to make a rollover recommendation

  1. Information about the participant’s investment profile (i.e., the “relevant” information about the participant);
  2. Information about the plan’s investments, services and expenses;
  3. Information about the potential IRA’s investments, services and expenses;
  4. A best interest analysis of the plan and IRA information in light of the participant’s profile; and
  5. The specific reasons, in writing, why the rollover recommendation is in the best interest of the participant.

Regulations drive change

Fiduciary Decisions offers you a pathway to compliance that is also easy and intuitive for your advisors. We do this through the platform to analyze, document, and provide a compliant rollover recommendation report to use with your clients. Using technology, data, and exceptional customer service we:

Document the needs of your client

Identify and document current account

We provide a thorough analysis of your services and fees

We produce a rollover recommendation report that can be tailored to your organization (your logo, additional disclosures, form CRS).

Compliance and audit reports for retrospective annual reviews

Rollover Decision Support System

What We Do

Overview of the services we offer.

Documents for clients
Documents for clients

Document the needs of your client

Best in class tool to analyze the needs and preferences of your
client with easy-to-use client output.

Identify and document current account
Identify and document current account

Identify and document current account

Use our system to search for Retirement Plans and add details. Benchmarking data also available if needed. For IRA transfers, our system offers an investment search/fee entry capability which helps you define the current account in support of your recommendation.

We provide a thorough analysis of services and fees
We provide a thorough analysis of services and fees

We provide a thorough analysis of services and fees

We gather data from your client or leverage FDI’s industry leading benchmarking data and methodology for use in the analysis. In addition, our solution enables you to describe in detail your services.

We produce a rollover recommendation to give you a configurable output
We produce a rollover recommendation to give you a configurable output

We produce a rollover recommendation to give you a configurable output

Our tool provides a framework for you to recommend the best path forward for your client and provides the supporting information for the recommendation.

Retrospective Annual Review

On-demand and annual compliance and audit tools

Why RDSS is right for you.

Why RDSS is right for you.

How Each Account Address Items Important to the Investor

How Each Account Address Items Important to the Investor