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The Institute Comments on the Proposal Regarding “Outsourcing by Investment Advisors”

By The Institute on December 27, 2022

Read the comments made by The Institute

Real Fiduciary Advisors Year-End Meeting

By Darren Fogarty on December 17, 2022

The Institute was joined by Ron Rhoades, Phyllis Borzi, Eileen Stevens, and James Tierney for a discussion of “fiduciary” in both 2022 and 2023.

Keeping the Republic… and the Fiduciary Standard

By Knut Rostad on December 16, 2022

It is up to advisors to uphold the fiduciary standard keep each other to it, as there is little the SEC can do to force it upon them.

Why RIAs Need To Preserve, Protect and Defend The Fiduciary Standard

By Knut Rostad on November 17, 2022

The Fiduciary Standard is the bedrock of the RIA business model yet the fiduciary standard is at risk if there is no one to protect it.

No fee model is perfect: RIA Summit 2022

By The Institute on November 9, 2022

It is important for people to understand that different fee models may benefit certain people more, thus advisors must explain what services are being provided

Why I’m Optimistic about America

By Knut Rostad on November 7, 2022

Article originally posted on Advisor Perspectives Tomorrow’s election will bring gloomy punditry about America. Whatever the results, some will deem Donald Trump the winner. I just returned from visits to Oslo and the Venice Biennale International, a contemporary art exhibition. The art was great – but the repeated questions about America were not. In Norway […]

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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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