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

Sara Grillo

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

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

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? Are commissions bad?

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

She has worked at “Money Magazine”, “Forbes”, “Worth”, all over the place. You started as an assistant editor at Vogue Magazine in the late ’70s. RITHOLTZ: They just wanted to have a little, “Hey, let’s speak to women in our magazine.” She currently works at NBC News as an investigative reporter.

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