A lot of fee-only advisors think that advisors who accept commission compensation cannot be fiduciaries. That’s not necessarily true. Legal experts say the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 imposes a fiduciary obligation on brokers accepting commissions similar to the fiduciary standard under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and financial advice ethics experts Ron Rhoades published a pamphlet earlier this week saying that brokers are required to act as fiduciaries under state common law. Yet the issue continues to be highly contentious and has been the main sticking point separating F
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