Comments on: The Questions You Should be Asking When you First Meet a Financial Advisor https://www.moneywehave.com/the-questions-you-should-be-asking-when-you-first-meet-a-financial-advisor/ Personal Finance and Budget Travel for Canadians Sun, 10 May 2020 18:11:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Barry Choi https://www.moneywehave.com/the-questions-you-should-be-asking-when-you-first-meet-a-financial-advisor/#comment-16695 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:30:42 +0000 https://www.moneywehave.com/?p=9652#comment-16695 In reply to Tim Kim @ Tub of Cash.

Tim,

It depends on their title. Very few advisors in Canada have a fiduciary duty to clients. Crazy right?

]]> By: Tim Kim @ Tub of Cash https://www.moneywehave.com/the-questions-you-should-be-asking-when-you-first-meet-a-financial-advisor/#comment-16693 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:23:06 +0000 https://www.moneywehave.com/?p=9652#comment-16693 Not sure how the laws are different in Canada vs. the US, but one of the things I always tell people is to make sure that their advisors are willing to put, on paper, that they will act as fiduciaries. Without this guarantee, their goals and incentives will not align with yours. To think otherwise is a bit naive.

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