As a society, we embrace the idea that doctors and lawyers are required to act in their patients’ or clients’ best interests. Doctors violating the Hippocratic Oath face stiff penalties, including the ...

What does it mean when financial advisors say they are serving in a fiduciary capacity? Can they say they are fiduciaries even if they don't acknowledge it in writing? How similar are the best ...

A fiduciary owes a client a duty of loyalty, which means they must act in the best interest of the client. The Securities and Exchange Commission rules and the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 spell ...

The ever-changing status of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule continues to garner mountains of press coverage—and with the President’s executive order to review and potentially quash the rule, ...

A registered investment advisor, or RIA, provides investment advice to clients. RIAs and their advisor representatives are fiduciaries who are legally bound to act in the best interests of clients.

I underwent a grueling arbitration hearing this year. One point the complainant's attorney tried to make was that I had acted in a fiduciary capacity by purchasing and allocating a variable annuity ...

Acting as a fiduciary is a huge responsibility. It means you promise to act on behalf and in the best interest of another person or multiple people. The more people who have placed their trust in you, ...

This article discusses the conflation that often occurs in the case law between these two causes of action, in malpractice actions against insurance producers. It is not surprising then that, as ...

Each year, Russell Investments does a nice job calculating the value of working with an investment advisor. They recently estimated the value added as more than 4%. This is the additional percentage ...

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, a full service provider to 401(k) plans headquartered in Boston, announced that it has created the retirement industry's first fiduciary standards warranty.

The advice tendered by Law and Justice Ministry to various government departments is not in fiduciary capacity and should not be withheld from public on that ground, the Central Information Commission ...

The advice tendered by Law and Justice Ministry to various government departments is not in fiduciary capacity and should not be withheld from public on that ground, the Central Information Commission ...