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The October Surprise and Campaign for BICE

By Knut Rostad on November 5, 2016

DOL Secretary Perez

Will brokerage firms stick with commissions and service retirement accounts through the best interest contract exemption (BICE) or abandon commissions and offer “fee-based” retirement accounts?

Morgan Stanley and Fiduciary: Never the Twain Shall Meet?

By Knut Rostad on October 11, 2016

With Fiduciary September 2016 just complete, two unrelated items on October 3rd – one a regulatory action by Massachusetts and the other a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed – remind us why Fiduciary September exists and what a strong sales culture can mean.

Myths and Realities of Investor Distrust: Causes and Cures

By Knut Rostad on October 5, 2016

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This webinar featured a panel of experts who have conducted and analyzed the research and worked with advisors.

Brie Williams Instrumental in Garnering Asset Manager – Thought Leadership Education Award

By Knut Rostad on September 29, 2016

Ms. Williams’ research on the link between fee transparency and advisor value garnered the 2016 Asset Manager—Thought Leadership Education Award for State Street Global.

Advisors Can Define the New Fiduciary Advisor/Client-Centric Paradigm

By Knut Rostad on September 28, 2016

Best Practices are crafted for the world of 2016 where the DOL Fiduciary Rule, new investor attitudes, and new technology are altering the advice landscape.

History Provides Hope for Institute for the Fiduciary Standard’s New Best Practices

By Knut Rostad on September 21, 2016

The hope of the Institute is that as a growing number of advisors publicly adhere to these principles, and the media picks up on their actions, increasing public awareness, the rest of the financial services industry will have to adopt similar standards in order to compete.

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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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