2015 Fiduciary Duty License 
Sara Grillo
AUGUST 14, 2023
Legal definition of the fiduciary standard To quote directly from a paper by Attorney Lorna Schnase , two bodies of law form the legal basis for the fiduciary standard: Common law: Under common law principles of agency, an investment adviser, as agent, owes fiduciary duties to its client, as principal.3
WiserAdvisor
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Unlike the average investor or other financial professionals, a CFP is a licensed expert in areas like estate planning, taxes, retirement, insurance, and investment planning. Equally important for sustaining their license is the professional conduct of the CFP, which is subjected to great scrutiny by the Board.
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Sara Grillo
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
He is a flat fee advisor; not a licensed insurance agent. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. Do advisors breach fiduciary duty when they fail to recommend annuities? Mettler says he does not have a securities license for this reason.
The Big Picture
JUNE 20, 2023
It had been prevented, had been barred from that before because of this fiduciary duty idea and also because of the opacity of these instruments. ” RITHOLTZ: And you had the Gates study in, what, 2015, saying the same thing? The Labor Department under Donald Trump did open the door for private equity to get into 401(k)s.
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