{"id":8407,"date":"2019-06-27T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=8407"},"modified":"2019-06-27T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:35:27","slug":"stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8409 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"For years, financial advisers have walked a fine line when receiving financial inheritances from their clients. Unfortunately, the line between an adviser\u2019s professional obligations and their personal interests is very easily blurred\u00ad\u00ad\u2014a reality that leads to complicated fraud and ethics violations.In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with financial inheritances from clients by financial advisers, potential solutions to the problem, and how a group of bipartisan lawmakers are taking action and calling to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for reform.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For years, financial advisers have walked a fine line when receiving financial inheritances from their clients. Unfortunately, the line between an adviser\u2019s professional obligations and their personal interests is very easily blurred\u00ad\u00ad\u2014a reality that leads to complicated fraud and ethics violations.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with financial inheritances from clients by financial advisers, potential solutions to the problem, and how a group of bipartisan lawmakers are taking action and calling to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for reform. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#more-8407\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, financial advisers have walked a fine line when receiving financial inheritances from their clients. Unfortunately, the line between an adviser\u2019s professional obligations and their personal interests is very easily blurred\u00ad\u00ad\u2014a reality that leads to complicated fraud and ethics violations. In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with financial inheritances [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[611,582,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conflicts-of-interest","category-elder-fraud","category-stockbroker-misconduct"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts &#8212;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with inheritances from clients by financial advisers and lawmakers are calling for reform.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts &#8212;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with inheritances from clients by financial advisers and lawmakers are calling for reform.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Silver Law Group\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts &#8212;","description":"In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with inheritances from clients by financial advisers and lawmakers are calling for reform.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts &#8212;","twitter_description":"In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with inheritances from clients by financial advisers and lawmakers are calling for reform.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Silver Law Group","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/"},"author":{"name":"Silver Law Group","@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de64d999508b1ad10d608a99f0d2e752"},"headline":"Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts","datePublished":"2019-06-27T20:35:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/"},"wordCount":1160,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3-300x200.jpg","articleSection":["Conflicts of Interest","Elder Fraud","Stockbroker Misconduct"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/","name":"Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts &#8212;","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-27T20:35:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de64d999508b1ad10d608a99f0d2e752"},"description":"In this blog post, we\u2019ll look into the legal issues associated with inheritances from clients by financial advisers and lawmakers are calling for reform.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Old3.jpg","width":300,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/stockbrokers-cannot-inherit-customer-accounts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stockbrokers Cannot Inherit Customer Accounts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/","name":"Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog","description":"Published by Securities Arbitration Lawyers \u2014 Silver Law Group","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de64d999508b1ad10d608a99f0d2e752","name":"Silver Law Group","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9eb0a691642ae95c68ee1c45b5f50f35bae76a41f3d9f861c7bfd40c87661746?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9eb0a691642ae95c68ee1c45b5f50f35bae76a41f3d9f861c7bfd40c87661746?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9eb0a691642ae95c68ee1c45b5f50f35bae76a41f3d9f861c7bfd40c87661746?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Silver Law Group"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8410,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8407\/revisions\/8410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}