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Myths and Realities of Investor Distrust: Causes and Cures

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On September September 29, 2016 Knut Rostad, President & Founder of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard was joined by Ron Carson, Founder & CEO of Carson Wealth, Rebecca Fender, Head of the Future of Finance Initiative at the CFA Institute, and Brie P. Williams, Vice President & Head of Practice Management at State Street Global Advisors for a special webinar sponsored by Wealth Management.com.

The webinar featured:

  • Research on investor sentiments on finance, financial advisors and robos;
  • Analysis of the opportunities and threats these sentiments create;
  • The special sore spot of many investors: opaque fees and expenses;
  • Concrete practices advisors can adopt to turn the tables on investor skepticism and distrust.

View the presentations of each speaker below:

Ron Carson Presentation

Rebecca Fender Presentation

Brie Williams Presentation

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