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# Michael Freeman

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## [Are You Ready for More Client Complaints?](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/are-you-ready-for-more-client-complaints)

As we enter the last quarter of 2024, here are a few predictions for 2025.

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/active-etfs-good-or-bad>

## [Active ETFs Good or Bad? But Certainly Needs Some Thought!](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/active-etfs-good-or-bad)

We first saw these types of products mostly restricted to the fixed income asset class, but we are...

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/dol-changes>

## [DOL Changes](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/dol-changes)

relationship is formed. In tandem, the DOL also released their final amendments to prohibited...

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/regulation-driving-annuity-product-development>

## [Regulations Driving Annuity Product Development](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/regulation-driving-annuity-product-development)

As a reminder, Interim Value is used to calculate account value when a client withdraws money,...

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/view-from-product-management>

## [Income Focus](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/view-from-product-management)

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/variable-annuities-sales-are-coming-with-the-risk-on-trade>

## [Variable Annuities Sales are Coming with the Risk On Trade](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/variable-annuities-sales-are-coming-with-the-risk-on-trade)

As the Fed continued to raise the Fed Fund Rate, what impact has this had on the annuity product...

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/what-product-diversified-portfolio-really-means>

## [What a "Product Diversified" Portfolio Really Means](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/what-product-diversified-portfolio-really-means)

Over the last 12 months, we have seen the fed funds rate increase by 4.5%, directly affecting...

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/ftx-a-failure-of-due-diligence>

## [FTX: A failure of due diligence](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/ftx-a-failure-of-due-diligence)

**What happened to FTX, and more importantly, what should we think about going forward?**

<https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/ddw-attends-national-society-of-compliance-professionals-conference>

## [What We Learned at the National Society of Compliance Professionals’ (NSCP) National Conference](https://www.duediligenceworks.com/blog/ddw-attends-national-society-of-compliance-professionals-conference)

There were 4 primary themes that ran throughout the compliance conference.

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