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“The Lie of the Pie”: Mutual Fund Marketing “Trickeration”
by James W. Watkins, III The financial services industry likes to use charts…a lot of charts. Attorneys do not like charts. Charts can be confusing and misleading, sometimes deliberately so. One judge told me that after I had argued the … Continue reading
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“Petition Denied”: Fiduciary Investing After Brotherston
On January 13, 2020, SCOTUS officially denied Putnam Investment, LLC’s petition for writ of certiorari to review the First Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Brotherston v. Putnam Investments, LLC. The First Circuit had ruled that plan sponsors have the … Continue reading
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The New Mathematics of Successful Investing
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. – Winston Churchill Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. – Aldoux Huxley Ask any investor … Continue reading
Posted in 401k, 401k investments, 403b, 404c, 404c compliance, closet index funds, clsoet index funds, compliance, cost consciousness, DOL fiduciary rule, DOL fiduciary standard, elderly investment fraud, evidence based investing, fiduciary compliance, fiduciary law, Fiduciary prudence, fiduciary standard, Impartial Conduct Standards, investment advisers, investments, pension plans, prudence, retirement plans, securities compliance, wealth management, wealth preservation
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Duty of Cost-Consciousness: The Fiduciary “Gotcha” You Think You Understand…But You Probably Don’t
While no one is certain at this point what the eventual DOL fiduciary rule will look like, or whether there will even be a DOL fiduciary rule, fiduciary law will continue to exist and establish the liability standards for investment … Continue reading
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