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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

I have a newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Why is the fiduciary standard important in financial advice? What is a conflict of interest in financial advice?

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

So that’s fundamentally different, and it makes it harder for us to become a profession that it is, I think for those self-governing bodies… Wright: Well, I guess the only caveat to medicine is when you get into pharmaceuticals. Grillo: Next question. Well, we’ve kind of covered this already.

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

The Big Picture

There’s not significant licensing, you know, that that takes place. RITHOLTZ: So, you mentioned Focus Financial. HAMBURGER: And you can scale it down to a single user license. Now you buy a license. HAMBURGER: You buy a single license and you log in and you start to configure it. RITHOLTZ: Meaning?