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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    New Retirement Rules

    When you go to a financial adviser to figure out your retirement plan, that adviser is not required to act in your best interest. But a new rule working its way through the federal system would change that, and make it mandatory for retirement advisers to actually work for the people who hire them.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 1, 2016 • 1 min read

    When you go to a financial adviser to figure out your retirement plan, that adviser is not required to act in your best interest. But a new rule working its way through the federal system would change that, and make it mandatory for retirement advisers to actually work for the people who hire them. It’s something President Obama has been pushing to get for years and it could finally go into effect in the next few months. What difference will it make?

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    Fun in Iowa, New Retirement Rules, No Más Bebés and TV
    1. 0:00Schlitt Does Iowa
    2. 11:08California's Undersized Voting Power
    3. 17:37New Retirement RulesYou’re reading this
    4. 25:11'No Más Bebés'
    5. 41:18TV Roundup
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Fun in Iowa, New Retirement Rules, No Más Bebés and TV
    1. 0:00Schlitt Does Iowa
    2. 11:08California's Undersized Voting Power
    3. 17:37New Retirement RulesYou’re reading this
    4. 25:11'No Más Bebés'
    5. 41:18TV Roundup
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