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Investing in Pigs and Kidneys: Building a $100 Billion Empire and Revolutionizing Organ Transplants

Investing Caffeine

If UKidney is successful, United Therapeutics and Martine Rothblatt will be one step closer to realizing the companys vision of manufacturing an endless supply of transplantable organs. Source: United Therapeutics Investment Opportunity of a Lifetime?

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Three Qualities of a Successful Investment Adviser

Truemind Capital

Fiduciary duty should be on the top of the mind of any genuine adviser. Commissions earned from product manufacturers have significant potential to affect investment recommendations. An RIA is allowed by SEBI to earn fees for investment advisory from clients, and barred from earning commissions from product manufacturers.

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

This specificity helps guide the nonprofit’s board and investment committee members as they carry out their fiduciary duty. Does it want to focus solely on manufacturers, or extend screening to organizations that distribute alcohol, partner with alcohol companies, and so forth?

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

This specificity helps guide the nonprofit’s board and investment committee members as they carry out their fiduciary duty. Does it want to focus solely on manufacturers, or extend screening to organizations that distribute alcohol, partner with alcohol companies, and so forth?

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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

We looked at everything from retail to nursing homes to hospitals to insurance companies to manufacturers. When you look at the history of the ’80s and even ’90s era LBOs, they seem to be a lot of lesser-known, not necessarily consumer-facing companies, transport and logistics and manufacturing.

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