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Blog

Trump v. Biden: With No Winner (Yet), Advisor Regulatory Changes in Limbo

By Knut Rostad on November 4, 2020

The future of investor protection hinges largely on who wins the next Presidential election.

It’s legal to give bad financial advice. New SEC protections may not help much

By Knut Rostad on October 29, 2020

CNBC profiles the impact of Reg BI on sales, advice, and investors themselves.

Students Worry About Being Corrupted on Wall Street

By Knut Rostad on October 21, 2020

Knut Rostad summarizes his recent interview with Princeton lecturer JC de Swaan on virtue in finance.

Leading Scholars and Experts Discuss “Hard Times” for Fiduciary Rules in 2020

By Knut Rostad on October 15, 2020

The Fiduciary September 2020 program featured seven programs with seventeen experts, including Tamar Frankel, Luis Aguilar, Phyllis Borzi, and others.

Fiduciary September Interviews: JC de Swaan and George Kinder

By Knut Rostad on October 8, 2020

Knut Rostad interviews two special guests for Fiduciary September: JC de Swaan and George Kinder.

Fiduciary Advice: Where Do We Go From Here?

By Knut Rostad on October 5, 2020

View of Wall Street. Photo credit: Chris Li on Unsplash

An historic realignment of fiduciary advice has snuffed out 40 Act principles. The realignment reveals a path of destruction – to the law, language and logic.

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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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