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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Ron A. Rhodes

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It is possible that all commission-based compensation involving the sale of investment products, life insurance products, and annuities could be eliminated. And it would be right and just to do…

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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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WiserAdvisor

JUNE 12, 2022

For example, some advisors are paid via commissions on the sale of financial products like stocks, mutual funds, policies, etc. A commission-based financial advisor earns a commission based on the financial products they sell. Ensure that the financial advisor is bound by fiduciary duty.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

APRIL 17, 2023

Fee-Only financial advisors and firms receive no sales-related compensation or incentives. In contrast, a commission-based financial advisor receives commissions or other forms of compensation from financial product providers for recommending and selling their products. They are compensated only by the fee the client pays.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

APRIL 21, 2023

Fee-Only financial advisors and firms receive no sales-related compensation or incentives. In contrast, a commission-based financial advisor receives commissions or other forms of compensation from financial product providers for recommending and selling their products. They are compensated only by the fee the client pays.

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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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