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‘Visionary’ Bogle Gave SEC a Warning About Reg BI

By Knut Rostad on January 17, 2019

John “Jack” Bogle, who died at his home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, also left the Securities and Exchange Commission with advice to mull as it marches ahead with its advice-standards package and the much-debated Regulation Best Interest.

What I, and millions of others, owe Jack Bogle

By Knut Rostad on January 16, 2019

A clue to why Bogle has become such leading light is found in his most recent book, “Stay the Course — The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution.”

Conventional Wisdom Says a Major Problem is “Investor Confusion” About Brokers and Advisers; Is This the Whole Story?

By Knut Rostad on January 15, 2019

Photo by Joseph Gruenthal on Unsplash

By Knut A. Rostad and Darren M. Fogarty — Investors misunderstand how brokers and advisers differ because the information they get from the industry is unclear or misleading.

SEC’s latest on fiduciary: Advisers can customize individual client agreements

By Knut Rostad on December 20, 2018

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Disclosure and informed consent can limit services, allow third-party pay

Clayton slims down SEC agenda, looks for more wins

By Knut Rostad on December 8, 2018

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The SEC is on track to finalize its standards of conduct for investment advisors and brokers next year, Chairman Jay Clayton indicated on Wednesday, calling those rules “a very important and long overdue initiative.”

Institute leaders speak on state of fiduciary at MarketCounsel Summit

By Knut Rostad on December 6, 2018

MarketCounsel Summit 2018

Board of Advisor member, Phyllis Borzi, Director, Jim Patrick, and Knut Rostad speak on a panel of the state of fiduciary in Las Vegas at the MarketCounsel Summit, December 6, 2018.

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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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