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CFP Board’s Crypto Guidelines Offer a Word of Caution

eMoney Advisor

When it comes to CFP® professionals and cryptocurrency, the CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct dictates that CFPs® should treat crypto-related assets the same as any other form of financial asset. Crypto in the News. Much of this is due to their extreme volatility and challenges with regulation.

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

Sara Grillo

Researching costs of investments, services, and products rendered to the client Assessing if risk is reasonable for the client Assessing if performance expectations are reasonable for the client But these are all loose definitions. What does the law actually say about the fiduciary standard? Federal statutory law: Section 206.

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Empower (formerly Personal Capital) Review – Managing All Your Investments in One Place

Good Financial Cents

They charge either a percentage of assets managed or a flat hourly rate that can run as high as several hundred dollars per hour, plus trading commissions and administrative fees. We accept a fiduciary obligation to act in your best interest, and our advice must be aimed at making money for you, not for us. And, that’s it.

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ESG: Virtue or Vice? Wrong Question.

Brown Advisory

Larger asset managers have been able to build fairly passive approaches to ESG integration, where indexes or portfolios with low active share are “tilted” to emphasize holdings with lower reported carbon emissions or other desired ESG metrics. 1 Isn’t this a fiduciary’s responsibility, over the long term, to its pension beneficiaries?

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ESG: Virtue or Vice? Wrong Question.

Brown Advisory

Larger asset managers have been able to build fairly passive approaches to ESG integration, where indexes or portfolios with low active share are “tilted” to emphasize holdings with lower reported carbon emissions or other desired ESG metrics. 1 Isn’t this a fiduciary’s responsibility, over the long term, to its pension beneficiaries?

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ESG: Virtue or Vice? Wrong Question.

Brown Advisory

Larger asset managers have been able to build fairly passive approaches to ESG integration, where indexes or portfolios with low active share are “tilted” to emphasize holdings with lower reported carbon emissions or other desired ESG metrics. 1 Isn’t this a fiduciary’s responsibility, over the long term, to its pension beneficiaries?

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

Implement a diversified portfolio that conforms to the nonprofit’s investment policy, using carefully selected funds and managers within each asset class. This specificity helps guide the nonprofit’s board and investment committee members as they carry out their fiduciary duty.