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The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard

A resource site for investors, brokers, academics and the media.


Building a fiduciary culture of honesty, integrity, and expertise.

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Welcome to the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard


The principles underlying "liberty and justice for all" have inspired the American journey for generations. In finance and advice, this journey leads to a North Star called the fiduciary standard.

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard is a champion for investors. Our programs and papers teach investors and advisors about what the fiduciary standard means. All investors want an advisor they can trust. Helping investors find a real fiduciary advisor is our mission.


Fiduciary September

Fiduciary September 2022 Program

August 29, 2022

Luis Aguilar, (left) Advisor to the Institute, will speak Sept 22 on the panel for The 2022 Frankel Prize honoree, Arthur Laby.

Prior Fiduciary September Programs

Institute Initiatives

New Course Preps Next Gen to Lead to Dick Wagner’s Vision

May 1, 2023

‘Planning for the Future of Financial Planning’ Course led by Luminary Faculty of Planners and Educators; Yeske, Kahler, Jetton, Levin, Moore, Stearns and Millar

Register by June 5th. First Class June 20th

More Institute Initiatives

Institute and Industry Leaders

“Fight on the beaches”

March 15, 2023

New pamphlet deploys Winston Churchill and Chief Justice Stone to argue for fiduciary duties.

More Institute and Industry Leaders

“Fee-only Fiduciary Advice is Common Sense” Campaign

Fiduciary Common Sense E-book cover

A new E-book for investors explains how fiduciary principles are commonsense ideas and why a fiduciary advisor is better for investors. Download the E-book.

Investors Suffer When Fiduciary Practices Are Ignored

Gail from Maryland is an accomplished professional with a BS in engineering and finance and an MBA. She also had a terrible experience with a broker who Gail says betrayed her.

Knut’s Views

The Battle for Fiduciary Standards in Massachusetts

May 12, 2023

To fight for the Fiduciary Standard in Massachussetts we need accountability in the courts and laws to uphold it

More of Knut's Views

Advisor News

RIA Biz: First Ascent, Geo Wealth Merger is Good for RIAs

April 6, 2023

Is it being 71? MacKillop, 71, is “rejuvenated”. In 1945 Churchill won WWII when he was 71

More Advisor News

John C. Bogle, 1929-2019

What Would Jack Bogle Do? Ask Vanguard’s Clients

May 6, 2022

Knut writes about Vanguard culture as one of Jack Bogle’s lasting legacies

More of John C. Bogle

Dan Moisand

 

Dan Moisand is a nationally recognized fiduciary fee-only financial planner, an Institute Real Fiduciary™ Advisor and Chair-elect of the CFP Board.

The Institute has enshrined the ‘Moisand Rule’ on fiduciary practices. It is basic and is more important today than ever: “You have to avoid conflicts. If I avoid a conflict, I don’t worry about it.”

Watch the video of Moisand speaking here.

Bob Veres

 

Bob Veres is a long term observer of financial planning. His Newsletter, “Inside information” Is a staple of leading planners. In the May edition he writes about fiduciary and the Institute.

"But a much bigger point is that the fiduciary standard—as Knut Rostad of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard has pointed out—has been determined by the Supreme Court (1963 ruling) to be at the very heart of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. It is the foundation of what it means to be an RIA registered with the SEC instead of a tipster or a tout."

- Bob Veres, Parting Thoughts ... The SEC's Own Compliance Culture

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