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Clayton hints Reg BI may be out earlier than expected

By Knut Rostad on May 2, 2019

Photo by AgnosticPreachersKid, distributed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton hinted that Regulation Best Interest might be released sooner than expected.

The EU leapfrogs the US on investor protection

By Knut Rostad on April 22, 2019

By Knut A. Rostad and Darren M. Fogarty
MiFID II’s standard raises the transparency bar well above the U.S. SEC’s proposed Regulation BI and Form CRS.

Selecting A TAMP Is A Fiduciary Decision

By Knut Rostad on April 19, 2019

Laptop screen with financial data - Photo by Carlos Muza on Unsplash

When selecting a TAMP for a client, an advisor should structure their due diligence process to focus on client benefits.

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Galvin wants investment advisers to lay out fees for clients

By Knut Rostad on April 4, 2019

Massachusetts State House, Boston |Source=Photo taken by Daderot

One-page document would crystalize costs highlighted in Form ADV for Massachusetts investors. Knut Rostad praised William Galvin for illuminating fees.

The False Claims by Brokerage and Insurance Lobbyists

By Knut Rostad on April 4, 2019

Image of SEC Decisions & Reports Library - Via Pixabay

By Knut A. Rostad — Maryland, Nevada and New Jersey and other states have an historic opportunity to make an extraordinary difference: to lead the nation towards a real fiduciary standard. Investors, like Gail from Maryland, can only hope they do.

Will Nevada’s fiduciary rule cause big broker-dealers to leave the state?

By Knut Rostad on March 20, 2019

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According to Kenneth Corbin’s reporting in Financial Planning, it might. Corbin reports that firms such as Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Schwab, and TD Ameritrade write in comment letters to Nevada the new rule would dissuade their offering their BD transaction services.

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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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