Washington, D.C. – Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO of Better Markets, issued this statement on the Department of Labor’s extension of the comment period on the proposed rule to protect Americans from conflicts of interest when brokers and other financial advisers give retirement advice:

“Although there was already ample time provided to comment on the rule, the Department of Labor is going out of its way to be generous and responsive once again to industry and its allies. However, enough is enough. It’s time to free Americans from too much biased retirement advice that’s currently draining tens of billions of dollars from their hard-earned savings every year. We look forward to the day when this protection putting Americans’ best interests first finally becomes a reality and tens of millions of retirees can build a more secure, dignified retirement.”

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