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96% of registered advisors are actually salespeople
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96% of registered advisors are actually salespeople
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We are in the process of suing our Dominion securities advisor for his actions related to selling stock during the pandemic.
He had a complete meltdown and was not advised on how the pandemic would affect the market short term by Dominion securities managers.
We were reluctantly in PIM accounts, which were pushed on us by the advisor, so we would be included in wholesale buys/sells.
He seems to be hiding behind the contracts and being within client thresholds.
I would like to know if there are any rules on how PIM accounts are to be managed by an advisor?
Our advisor and RBC paint a very rosey picture of what it’s supposed to be, but unfortunately this advisor decided we needed to get out of stock at the worst time, causing my family a huge crystallized loss.
Let me know if there are any rules related to this, the bank had not been very helpful.
I have seen that this is a very misleading industry, where the banks value these high profile advisors more than the clients, that invest the money.
Robert Voelk, Did you get a response to your question ? I read the article.
>SIPA’s detailed search on the CSA website discovered there are only 4,076 persons in all of Canada registered in the categories where a true fiduciary
You should publish that list. You’ve done the work that the educated but frustrated layperson wants to do – why not share it?
I am trying to unlock a locked-in pension fund at my bank. I was given so much bad information that I decided to do my own research. I think I finally have the correct forms but they are so complicated. Do I need a lawyer to explain the forms or is there something simple that I am missing.