Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton says that a uniform standard of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisers providing advice to retail clients is on the commission's front ...

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Fiduciary has become a hot button word in the financial industry. What makes an advisor a fiduciary? Is being a fiduciary better for the client? What about for the advisor? To make matters more ...

Foremost among the duties of Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) is to act as a fiduciary. In law and finance, the role of a fiduciary (aka fiduciary duty), whether an organization or individual, is ...

Advisors can have any number of qualifications, but only one indicates a superior level of dedication to clients’ needs: a commitment to the fiduciary standard. A fiduciary is an individual or company ...

Understand what a fiduciary designation entails and how it sets these financial advisors apart Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance ...