Fee-Based Financial Advisors, aka dual-registrants, have both a series 7 stockbroker license and a series 65 investment adviser license. Sometimes they have an insurance license too. According to FINRA, approximately 90% of financial advisors are fee-based dual...
What is the fiduciary duty and why is that important? The fiduciary duty requires an investment adviser, by law, to act in the best interest of her clients, putting her clients’ interests ahead of her own at all times.[i] Under the fiduciary duty, an investment...
How Many Financial Advisors Have Conflicts of Interest? Approximately 90% of financial advisors are dual registrants which means they are both financial advisors and stockbrokers. Dual registrant financial advisors often market themselves as “fee-based.”...
Today we’re going to look at the differences between a fee-only advisor and a fee-based advisor.I am writing this article for all of you who are working with someone who tells you they’re fee-based and they’re probably ripping you off, hiding their...
