• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard

A resource site for investors, brokers, academics and the media.


Building a fiduciary culture of honesty, integrity, and expertise.

  • About
    • Fiduciary Law
    • Board of Directors
    • Board of Advisors*
    • Chairman’s Council
    • Real Fiduciary™ Practices Board
  • Real Fiduciary™
    • Real Fiduciary™ for Investors
      • Real Fiduciary™ Advisor Registry
      • Why You Need a Real Fiduciary™ Advisor
    • Real Fiduciary™ for Advisors
      • Real Fiduciary™ Affirmation Program
      • Real Fiduciary™ Background
  • Fiduciary September
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • Frankel Prize
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
  • Programs
    • Leadership Through Fiduciary Program
    • “Raise Your Voice” Campaign
    • SEC Conduct Standards Rulemaking
    • Institute Initiatives & News
    • Personal Financial Planning Program Webinars
    • Prior Programs
      • Advisor On My Side
      • No Incidental Investor Initiative
      • Bogle Legacy Forum
        • Bogle Forum
        • Bogle Book
      • August 11th 2015
  • Research
    • Academic Papers
    • Legislation and Rulemaking
    • White Papers
    • Op-Ed Commentary
  • Jack Bogle
  • DOL 2023

Blog

The Fiduciary Outlook for 2019

By Knut Rostad on March 16, 2019

Photo by AgnosticPreachersKid, distributed under CC BY-SA 3.0

In this podcast, Robert Huebscher of Advisor Perspectives interviews Knut A. Rostad about the outlook for fiduciary matters in 2019.

Testimony to the Maryland Senate Finance Committee

By Knut Rostad on March 13, 2019

Maryland State House - via Wikimedia Commons

Testimony of Knut A. Rostad . President & Co-Founder Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, March 13, 2019, to the Maryland Senate Finance Committee on SB 786 and House Economic Matters Committee on HB 1127 on Section 5.

Maryland Lawmakers Get Earful On Proposed Broker Fiduciary Rule

By Knut Rostad on March 13, 2019

Maryland House Chambers

Knut Rostad, founder of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, directed Maryland lawmakers to his group’s website, where real investor “Gail from Maryland” tells her story of being ripped off by an abusive broker.

Opponents of Maryland fiduciary bill tell lawmakers to wait on SEC

By Knut Rostad on March 13, 2019

Maryland House Chambers

Knut Rostad praised the Maryland (fiduciary) bill, saying it would provide better investor protection than the SEC proposal.

As states clash with feds over fiduciary, regulation jitters rise

By Knut Rostad on March 1, 2019

Dave Parker [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]

First the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule collapsed. Then the SEC proposed Regulation Best Interest, a new broker regulation that left many investor advocates wanting more.

NASAA Goes To Capitol Hill Pushing Tougher SEC Regs On Brokers

By Knut Rostad on February 28, 2019

Rayburn House Office Building - Public Domain

The North American Securities Administrators Association is escalating its call for tougher broker sales regulation, scheduling a Capitol Hill briefing for lawmakers, regulators and the media on March 5.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 39
  • Page 40
  • Page 41
  • Page 42
  • Page 43
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 81
  • Go to Next Page »

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

  • Contact

 

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2025 · Web Design by Milkweed Web