A panel of regulatory experts said they were uncertain of the fate and timing of the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, given the unstable political landscape in Washington and a tight deadline for taking action before provisions of the rule officially come into force. "To me, it's an unknown," Maureen Thompson, vice president of public policy at the CFP Board of Standards, said at an industry event in response to a question about whether the rule will go through and as written. Read the original story from InvestmentNews.