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fiduciary

[fi-doo-shee-er-ee, -dyoo-] / fɪˈdu ʃiˌɛr i, -ˈdju- /
NOUN
financial person
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As a Wall Street Journal features editor—and involved in many articles on wealth management—I knew what I wanted: a fee-only adviser who would act as a fiduciary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In August, I suggested that AI companies are “covered by common-law fiduciary responsibility.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

That’s called having a fiduciary duty, and it comes with legal ramifications.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Smith is accused of fraudulent inducement and breach of fiduciary duty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

He prefers money as a concept and often uses terms such as annuity and fiduciary, words definitely not listed in the dictionary of mindless entertainment.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Many human advisers act as fiduciaries, meaning that they’re legally required to act in their clients’ best interests, but that isn’t the case with LLMs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

That would help shield them from potential lawsuits over the investments, as long as fiduciaries meet specified selection requirements.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Not all money managers are fiduciaries who must act in their client’s best interest under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

“Employers are fiduciaries, which means they must make decisions about retirement investments that are in their employees’ best interest,” observes Eileen Applebaum of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

The title to these grounds appears to have been retained in the former sovereigns of the Province of Louisiana as public fiduciaries and for the purposes of the Province.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson




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