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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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How to Help Women With Blended Family Estate Plans

Wealth Management

Address questions around marital trusts, powers of appointment and fiduciary duties while both spouses can provide input. Women should understand their role in the estate plan, whether they will serve as trustee, what rights they’ll have to income or principal and how decisions will be communicated to remainder beneficiaries.

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

In today’s show we’re going to be debating a variety of topics related to the retirement crisis in America, the role that financial advisors and insurance agents play, and how to harmonize the two together (if even possible, lol). Harmonizing the two sides to solve the American retirement crisis. Let’s talk about it.

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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

She has worked at “Money Magazine”, “Forbes”, “Worth”, all over the place. You started as an assistant editor at Vogue Magazine in the late ’70s. RITHOLTZ: They just wanted to have a little, “Hey, let’s speak to women in our magazine.” She currently works at NBC News as an investigative reporter.

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Digital Currencies, Modern Trusteeship and Change

Wealth Management

By now, the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (2015) is so far behind the changes of the cryptocurrency industry as to be almost quaint. That, ironically, gives fiduciaries of trusts a clearer position with which to exercise their duties. in Q1 RIA Model Portfolio Assets Rose 5.5%