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FolioDynamix president uses conference to KO robos and call them a 'free beta test'

A half-full message on DOL rules is the federal mandate to ask clients about held-away assets as a matter of fiduciary responsibility

Author Guest Columnist Timothy D. Welsh September 23, 2016 at 6:23 PM
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Steve Dunlap (with FolioDynamix's Meghan McCartan): The current robos have jumped the shark.

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September 24, 2016 — 12:00 AM
All of a sudden everyone is a fiduciary expert... careful. Don't tout what you can't defend

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