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Managing Conflicts and CFP Board’s Revised Proposal on Professional Standards

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The Board has a unique opportunity to set a true fiduciary standard, and seize the moment to benefit generations to come. In the attached letter to the SEC from the Institute, we provide further steps and protocols to manage and neutralize conflicts impact. We urge the Board to apply them.

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Magic Johnson (left) and Knut A. Rostad
Magic Johnson (left) and Knut A. Rostad

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Magic Johnson and Knut Rostad share a light moment on fiduciary at the MarketCounsel Summit on December 5.

At the Summit, Rostad presented on the coming of the SEC's Reg BI, and the major impact on RIAs when brokers tell investors "The law requires I meet the best interest standard at all times."

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