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Three Qualities of a Successful Investment Adviser

Truemind Capital

It requires not just sophisticated skill-set for asset allocation calls (across asset classes, sub-categories, and schemes), the temperament to keep emotions under check but also an ability to quickly understand the impact of the latest market developments (global and domestic) on various asset classes in a rapidly-changing world.

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

Implement a diversified portfolio that conforms to the nonprofit’s investment policy, using carefully selected funds and managers within each asset class. This specificity helps guide the nonprofit’s board and investment committee members as they carry out their fiduciary duty.

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

Implement a diversified portfolio that conforms to the nonprofit’s investment policy, using carefully selected funds and managers within each asset class. This specificity helps guide the nonprofit’s board and investment committee members as they carry out their fiduciary duty.

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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. Kind of a thing.

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