Sara Grillo

APRIL 10, 2023

Early on in his entrepreneurial journey, Scott saw firsthand the inherent flaws and conflicts of interest in the traditional sales and product driven approach, as several family members had lost a significant portion of their hard-earned life savings to high-cost, commission-based investment products and inappropriate advice.

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Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

He is a flat fee advisor; not a licensed insurance agent. With annuities now being able to be offered in 401k plans, the playing field has changed. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. Are commissions bad? Are commissions bad?

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Insurance Financial Advisor Retirement License 59

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions.

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CFP Financial Planner Ethics Financial Planning 80

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission. Staff of the Investment Adviser Regulation Office. Division of Investment Management. Regulation of Investment Advisers by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 2022, August 1). CFP® Professional Demographics. 2013, March). Zweig, Jason, and Fuller, Andrea. 2019, July 30).

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CFP Financial Advisor Financial Planner Ethics 59