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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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ESG: Virtue or Vice? Wrong Question.

Brown Advisory

ajackson Tue, 01/03/2023 - 09:37 ESG: Virtue or Vice? Larger asset managers have been able to build fairly passive approaches to ESG integration, where indexes or portfolios with low active share are “tilted” to emphasize holdings with lower reported carbon emissions or other desired ESG metrics. being excluded from portfolios.

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ESG: Virtue or Vice? Wrong Question.

Brown Advisory

Tue, 01/03/2023 - 09:37. Larger asset managers have been able to build fairly passive approaches to ESG integration, where indexes or portfolios with low active share are “tilted” to emphasize holdings with lower reported carbon emissions or other desired ESG metrics. being excluded from portfolios. ESG: Virtue or Vice?

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ESG: Virtue or Vice? Wrong Question.

Brown Advisory

Tue, 01/03/2023 - 09:37. Larger asset managers have been able to build fairly passive approaches to ESG integration, where indexes or portfolios with low active share are “tilted” to emphasize holdings with lower reported carbon emissions or other desired ESG metrics. being excluded from portfolios. ESG: Virtue or Vice?

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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?