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How to Choose a Personal Financial Advisor

Park Place Financial

One of the best financial advisors available, CFPs earn board certification that represents their intensive training, commitment to observing ethical standards, and dedication to putting clients first. Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) . Some advisors do not observe fiduciary duty but are bound to a suitability standard.

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What does it mean to be a Fee-Only financial advisor?

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

When you are named a fiduciary, you are required by law to manage the person’s money and property for their benefit, not yours. An important distinction is the difference between the suitability standard and fiduciary standard. The CFP Board has a great list of questions to ask when you are looking for a financial advisor.

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The SEC’s Own Compliance Culture

Inside Information

Cutting right to the chase, the SEC staff says that investment advisors may only use the terms “fiduciary” and “fiduciary duty” on their disclosure form “to the extent permitted by the Form CRS instructions,” and then goes on to remind firms that “the relationship summary is designed to serve as disclosure, rather than marketing material.

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What type of financial advisor is right for you? Questions you should ask.

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

When you are named a fiduciary , you are required by law to manage the person’s money and property for their benefit, not yours. An important distinction is the difference between the suitability standard and fiduciary standard. The CFP Board has a great list of questions to ask when you are looking for a financial advisor.

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Three Qualities of a Successful Investment Adviser

Truemind Capital

Unchecked conflict of interest can ruin your investment returns. Click here to read more about how investment advisors’ conflict of interest is dangerous for you. Fiduciary duty should be on the top of the mind of any genuine adviser.

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Sustainable Investing: Considerations for Trustees

Brown Advisory

Put simply, trustees serve as fiduciaries with investment authority over assets that are intended to benefit another person or persons; trustees should use every device at their disposal in an effort to maximize the investment returns of the trust they oversee.

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Sustainable Investing: Considerations for Trustees

Brown Advisory

Put simply, trustees serve as fiduciaries with investment authority over assets that are intended to benefit another person or persons; trustees should use every device at their disposal in an effort to maximize the investment returns of the trust they oversee. ESG AND FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.