“…the best efforts of those focused on product, not investors, are ultimately doomed to failure.”
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Still, if one has confidence the marketplace will drive the industry towards focusing on the best interests of clients, then a de facto fiduciary standard can emerge organically, without overt reliance on regulators.
Be careful what you wish for because sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease.
In the final analysis, we may get the best of both worlds, a reduced regulatory compliance burden with a market that imposes the fiduciary standard.
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