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Fiduciary or Suitability, An Ongoing Series

By Martin Weil

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Anyone who has read my posts knows that I make a big deal out of the greatly under-appreciated differences between standards of care required of advisors and that of brokers. Registered Investment Advisors are held to a fiduciary standard and must act in the best interests of the client. Brokers are held to a suitability standard and a broker must reasonably judge a recommended investment to be appropriate. While this may seem a minor difference of language, in practice the consequences to an investor are significant.

Given the more stringent stipulations for investment fiduciaries, there is little question that the fiduciary standard better protects individual and institutional investors, than the suitability standard.

From Investopedia

A consumer wishing to find out whether either party has a record of violating either of these standards can check the following sources: the SEC’s Advisor Search page for Registered Investment Advisors and FINRAs Broker Check for stock brokers & dealers. These sites will record whether any complaints or regulatory actions have been filed against the parties. But, hold on a minute, what’s this?

 
 
 

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