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Looking for a Financial Planner? The Go-To Website Often Omits Red Flags

By Knut Rostad on August 1, 2019

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The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board doesn’t inform website users about thousands of planners with customer complaints, regulatory skirmishes and other problems, including bankruptcy filings.

Financial Advice Isn’t a Profession

By Knut Rostad on August 1, 2019

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Financial advice does not necessitate thousands of hours of study to render. That means that it is not really a profession, according to Dan Solin.

In a Reg BI World, is Fiduciary Differentiation “Dead”?

By Knut Rostad on July 25, 2019

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Last week Michael Kitces wrote that the fiduciary standard is no longer a viable way for RIAs to differentiate themselves from brokers, in light of Reg BI.

SEC Chairman Clayton Misunderstands His Critics

By Knut Rostad on July 18, 2019

AARP, Consumer Federation of America, Investment Advisers Association, CFA Institute and NASAA

Do these groups, as SEC Chairman Clayton suggests, have a “lack of understanding” of the law?

FSI Says ‘Costly’ N.J. Fiduciary Proposal Threatens Investors In State

By Knut Rostad on July 18, 2019

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BD lobbyists claim fiduciary rules harm investors while AARP members call for New Jersey to proceed with its own rule.

The Brokerage Industry’s “Muddle” Strategy

By Knut Rostad on July 2, 2019

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July 4 reminds us of how the American experiment started. That stands in startling contrast to the SEC’s experimental standards.

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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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