Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Also in industry news this week: As brokerage firms have faced a wave of lawsuits regarding the low interest rates paid on cash sweep accounts, some legal experts believe that RIAs could also be targeted for legal action if they allow clients' uninvested cash to sit in a cash sweep account rather than investing it or moving it to a higher-yielding (..)

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A fiduciary must always prioritize their clients’ needs above their own interests and mitigate or disclose any conflicts of interest that may arise. Not all advisors are fiduciaries. For non-fiduciary financial advisors, recommendations may only need to be suitable , not necessarily in the client’s best interest.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

APRIL 21, 2023

Fee-Only financial advisors and firms receive no sales-related compensation or incentives. What is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) ? A CFP (Certified Financial Planner) is a professional designation granted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board). FINANCIAL ADVISOR, CANDIDATE FOR CFP® CERT.

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 14, 2023

The standard, however, is often used haphazardly, invoked as a sales tool by dual-registered advisors who want to virtue signal, only to be abandoned in a legal context by those same advisors who backpedal into being “just a salesperson.” The word “fiduciary” is not a marketing term, not just something you throw out there to virtue signal.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

APRIL 17, 2023

Fee-Only financial advisors and firms receive no sales-related compensation or incentives. At Walkner Condon, all of our advisors are fiduciaries for our clients. What is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)? CFPs must also meet ongoing continuing education requirements to maintain their certification.

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Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Do advisors breach fiduciary duty when they fail to recommend annuities? Should those with only insurance licenses that allow them to sell annuities and/or life insurance be held to the same “fiduciary standard” as Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) with the SEC or state regulators? About Gary Mettler.

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