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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

Kelly Nilsson, CFP®, CDFA®, JD Kelly’s journey in finance began in 1992, and for the first 17 years of her career she worked for financial marketing firms and insurance companies, during which time her clients were financial advisors. She obtained her CFP designation in 2003.

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Transcript: Mike Green, Simplify Asset Management

The Big Picture

And finally, I think it was 2003 or four, I ran into Mitch on the street on, actually on 57th, just around the corner from where we are right now. We ended up buying, this is one of the wonderful things about financial markets and degrees of completeness. She was based out in Los Angeles. That’s amazing leverage.

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

They wanted to become credible to compete with the brokerage people when selling Master Limited Partnerships and insurance with financial planning credibility, so they got the designation. In 2003, there was a well-known financial planner and radio personality named Bradford Bleidt , JR continues, who ran at $30MM Ponzi Scheme.

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