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Institute Initiatives

Actions and programs of the Institute.  Visit the Institute Initiatives archive to view initiatives prior to 2018.

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.

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.

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.

Testimony of Tamar Frankel Before the N.J. Bureau of Securities

By The Institute on November 19, 2018

Tamar Frankel

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

Testimony of Knut A. Rostad before the New Jersey Bureau of Securities

By Knut Rostad on November 19, 2018

Knut A. Rostad

“Proposal Reg BI fails to explain best interest; however, it explains why conflicts can be beneficial” – Knut A. Rostad

Leadership through Fiduciary Program

By Knut Rostad on October 18, 2018

2018 Leadership Through Fiduciary Program Panel

The Institute puts on a day-long program at the NAPFA Fall conference on the practices that differentiate fiduciary, fee-only advisors from sales brokers. Read more about the 2018 program here.

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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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