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Blog

Gensler Expected to Put Teeth in Reg BI — Not Overturn it

By Knut Rostad on January 19, 2021

Gensler has developed a reputation as a tough regulator who also was a successful leader on Wall Street.

Gary Gensler: Joe Biden’s Joseph P. Kennedy

By Knut Rostad on January 14, 2021

If Gensler, who is uniquely well-suited for the task, becomes the SEC chairperson, it will harken back to the SEC’s origins.

SEC Holiday Cheer for Investors

By Knut Rostad on December 24, 2020

Knut A. Rostad

A year-end SEC order and statement by its staff on Reg BI exams are a positive signal for investors in need of fiduciary protection.

Scholar Financial

By Knut Rostad on December 16, 2020

Scholar Financial 1441 Riva Ridge Avenue Bowling Green, KY 42104 Telephone: 270-904-2728 Fax: 888-884-6291 ron@scholarfinancial.com Services Scholar Financial provides investment supervisory and financial planning services to individual clients, which may include areas such as cash flow and budgeting, education funding, retirement planning, risk management and estate planning. Scholar Financial’s Investment advice involves ongoing and continuous […]

In Praise of Janet Yellen

By Knut Rostad on December 15, 2020

Yellen checks many boxes – her scholarship, prior government experience and reputation in Washington.

Biden Financial Transition Team Cheers Investor Advocates

By Knut Rostad on November 24, 2020

But how a Democratic-led SEC interprets and enforces Reg BI depends on its chair.

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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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