Meet Margaret from Maryland. She had been relying on the advice of brokers for many years but contacted a fiduciary (CFP®) for a second opinion when the broker recommended that she buy another annuity to add to the two she’d already been sold.
Institute and Industry Leaders
Scott MacKillop Wins Investments & Wealth Institute Governance Insight Award
First Ascent Asset Management, a portfolio strategist serving financial advisors, today announced that its founder and CEO, Scott MacKillop, is the recipient of the Investments & Wealth Institute’s 2019 Governance Insight Award.
Professor Frankel testifies in Boston for Institute
“With the information required by Massachusetts, clients can engage in intelligent conversations with an investment professional and can better comprehend a firm’s value proposition…”
Jason Zweig: The Institute Does Good Work
MarketCounsel Summit, 12-5-18, on a panel discussion on where investors can get help on screening for a real fiduciary advisor.
Testimony of Tamar Frankel Before the N.J. Bureau of Securities
Testimony of Tamar Frankel, LL.M. S.J.D. Professor of Law EmeritaBoston University School of LawBefore the N.J. Bureau of Securities Re: Fiduciary Duty/Pre-Proposal on November 19, 2018
Vanguard doesn’t get a free pass on this one
By Bob Veres, October 22, 2018 FinancialPlanning.com After Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley gave his startling keynote address at the Inside ETF’s conference in January (sole diamond sponsor: Vanguard), I received at least 30 email messages from advisors. Buckley’s words were certainly alarming: He said that Vanguard plans to attack financial planning and investment advice fees the […]
