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Institute leaders speak on state of fiduciary at MarketCounsel Summit

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Board of Advisor member, Phyllis Borzi, Director, Jim Patrick, and Knut Rostad speak on a panel of the state of fiduciary in Las Vegas at the MarketCounsel Summit, December 6, 2018.

View the entire presentation slide deck here.

Fiduciary Doings

Fiduciary Magic?

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.”

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