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Seeking Best Execution: Understanding The SEC’s Expectations For Advisors To Deliver Best Outcomes For Clients

Nerd's Eye View

Investment advisers are fiduciaries that owe a duty of care and loyalty to their clients. One component of this duty of care is an obligation to seek best execution of client securities transactions. The SEC, in its interpretive release, sets an expectation of "periodic and systematic evaluation" (i.e.,

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Choreo Sues Compound, Breakaway Advisors for Alleged Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Soliciting Clients

Wealth Management

billion in client assets. Choreos lawsuit comes a day after Compound announced it had brought on members of the Des Moines, Iowa-based team that had overseen $1.2

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Adviser links: in times like these

Abnormal Returns

Podcasts Michael Kitces talks with Nick Rodkin, managing partner of Stoic Financial, about working with client couples. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu) Why advisers may spot dementia in clients first. nextavenue.org) Advisers Clients prefer advisers with a fiduciary duty.

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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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When Are Advisors (Financially) Liable For Negligent Investment Advice? (And Who Pays For It)

Nerd's Eye View

Financial advisors, as professionals whose clients rely on their advice to make financial decisions, are legally and financially responsible for the advice that they give.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 27-28)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: How consumer concerns about the stability of the banking industry could present independent advisors with an opportunity to add value by managing client cash Why an advisor’s fiduciary duty can sometimes come into conflict with the best insurance options for their clients From there, we have several articles on (..)