For example, a fund manager (agent) making more trades than necessary for a client’s portfolio is a fiduciary risk because the fund manager is slowly eroding the client’s gains by incurring ...

The Alpha Fiduciary roster of open-end and exchange-traded funds has had below-average risk-adjusted performance, as evidenced by its average three-year Morningstar Rating of 1.0 stars.

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series about the importance of working with a fiduciary financial ... which were primarily mutual funds, and quickly realized they were not aligned ...

Take Social Security, for example ... bonds and mutual funds and monitoring their portfolios. Many investors prefer to have a wealth manager serving as a fiduciary, consulting on investments ...

Many retirement plan fiduciaries are deterred from providing ESG funds as investment options because of the strict fiduciary standards required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ...

Another method is to check the SEC website or look into the financial professional's credentials; a certified financial planner (CFP) professional, for example, is obligated to act as a fiduciary ...

When it comes to demonstrating and maintaining a fiduciary duty ... for the investor before recommending it. To give an example of this distinction: A suitability advisor could recommend an ...