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Fiduciary standards are important

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No one says it better than those in the trenches. That is, those experienced financial professionals who talk about what fiduciary means and why it’s important, based on experience. Practitioners who have spent thousands of hours with ordinary investors talking about hopes and dreams — and dollars and sense.

David Lewis is one of those experienced practitioners. David is from the middle of the country (Tennessee) and in the “middle” of what it means to be a fiduciary. I suggest you read his comments in his latest blog post. They say a lot. David will be among the first group of advisors of ‘Best Practices’ advisors the Institute will announce in March. Stay tuned.

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