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Do advisors breach fiduciaryduty 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?
BARRY FLAGG OR STEVEN ZEIGER: So I often hear insurance professionals who are more on the sales person side of insurance professional than the fiduciary orientation of insurance profession, I often hear them say, I know how to properly structure a policy, I structure it properly, others don’t.
WEINSTEIN: Okay, this isn’t like, you know, you’re sitting on the sell side and yes, you know, you’re on the equity sales desk and someone doesn’t need to transact with Goldman on the other side of the phone, but they do need to transact with someone. They don’t need to transact. RITHOLTZ: Right.
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