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John Langbein Awarded the Frankel Fiduciary Prize

By Knut Rostad on September 23, 2019

John Langbein and Deborah DeMott

John Langbein, emeritus professor of law at Yale, accepted the Frankel Fiduciary Prize on September 16, 2019.

American Capital Planning

By Knut Rostad on September 21, 2019

american capital planning

American Capital Planning is a fiduciary, fee-only, flat fee, and female owned registered investment advisory firm.

FINRA will Defer to SEC on Interpreting Best Interest Rule

By Knut Rostad on September 10, 2019

FINRA SEC

FINRA will be responsible for examining brokers for compliance, yet FINRA CEO says ‘It’s not our rule. It’s an SEC rule.’

New SEC Videos Aim to Help Investors Identify Brokers vs. Investment Advisers

By Knut Rostad on August 16, 2019

Jay Clayton

The SEC’s new investor education videos are criticized for glossing over important details of business models and conflicts.

John H. Langbein Wins Frankel Fiduciary Prize

By Knut Rostad on August 13, 2019

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard today announced that the 2019 Frankel Fiduciary Prize honoree is John H. Langbein.

N.Y. Supreme Court Upholds State Fiduciary Rule For Annuities

By Knut Rostad on August 7, 2019

court-building

The New York Supreme Court has upheld the state’s contentious fiduciary rule governing annuities and lift insurance sales practices.

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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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