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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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6 Tips to Avoid Financial Fraud and Guard Your Investments

WiserAdvisor

However, the numbers tell a different story. million consumers filed a fraud report, the highest number since 2001. However, the FTC expects the actual numbers to be higher than the reported numbers since multiple scams go unreported. billion because of fraud, which is nearly $3.4 billion higher than the 2020 estimate.

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

That’s a shocking number. I think there’s a number we have in the book, maybe $70 million or something in fees to take care of. It had been prevented, had been barred from that before because of this fiduciary duty idea and also because of the opacity of these instruments. The mortality rate is 10%.

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