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    Shaping Wealth's Brian Portnoy on outsourced behavioral finance

    The firm launched a new service giving financial advisors more tools to guide clients through economic turbulence like the present moment.

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    Clients rank clear fees over investment gains, survey shows

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CAN RIA GROWTH AND TRUE FIDUCIARY DUTY REALLY COEXIST?

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