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Extracting Actionable Takeaways From The SEC’s Staff Bulletin Regarding An RIA’s Standard Of Care

Nerd's Eye View

There is a general understanding that investment advisers have a fiduciary relationship with their clients – in other words, that they are required to act in the client's best interests. These 3 components in practice make up a core part of the adviser's fiduciary duty to their clients.

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RIA Code Of Ethics: Important Nuances To Note In Relatively Straightforward Requirements

Nerd's Eye View

All investment advisers are fiduciaries that owe a duty of care and loyalty to their clients, and, in an ideal world, advisory firms and their staff would abide by these requirements without the need for a prescriptive code of ethics.

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Why You Might Need a Power of Attorney

Carson Wealth

Break their fiduciary duty to act in your best interest. However, unless you named a co-agent or alternate agent in the same POA document or are still competent to appoint someone else to act on your behalf, a power of attorney cannot choose who takes over their duties. A POA cannot: Change your will in any way.

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How I rocked the world as an hourly financial planner – with Kevin Estes

Sara Grillo

What he sees as the challenges with being an hourly planner According to Kevin, relationships take a long time to set up (creating the roadmap documents) and that time is not billable. Being a fiduciary , he can’t just run people through a cookie cutter model. He posts on LinkedIn and messages people and clients come to him.

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Should I Put My Assets in a Trust? Top 3 Benefits of Living Trusts

Darrow Wealth Management

In the trust document, a spouse or other family member can be a co-trustee, and you can also name a successor trustee. Trustees have a fiduciary duty to abide by the terms of the trust and make distributions to beneficiaries accordingly. Otherwise the trust document has no power to control how your assets are handled.

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What does it mean to be a Fee-Only financial advisor?

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

Additionally, CFPs must adhere to ethical and professional standards, including a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of their clients. Form ADV is a document that provides information about a firm’s business, including details about their ownership structure, business practices, services offered, and fees charged.

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Sustainable Investing: Considerations for Trustees

Brown Advisory

Put simply, trustees serve as fiduciaries with investment authority over assets that are intended to benefit another person or persons; trustees should use every device at their disposal in an effort to maximize the investment returns of the trust they oversee.