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Fiduciary September 2023

Advisers, Planners, Experts, Scholars Assess the State of Fiduciary in 2023

Phyllis Borzi, Clark Blackman, Sheryl Garrett among the Speakers: September 13 event features clients speaking out

Panels on September 5, 6, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27 and October 17

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Fiduciary September 2023 Speaker List

Jeff Benjamin, Wealth Management Editor, eft.com

Clark Blackman, Alpha Wealth Strategies

Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary, EBSA, Department of Labor, 2009-2017

Rich Chen, Richard L. Chen LLC

Benjamin Edwards, Professor of Law, Las Vegas Boyd School of Law

Harold Evensky, Evensky & Katz / Foldes                                                                                             

Darren Fogarty, Institute for the Fiduciary Standard

Sheryl Garrett, Garrett Planning Network

Gary Greenbaum, Retired fee-only advisor

Cheryl R. Holland, Abacus Planning Group 

James Lee, Lee Investment Management

Mary Malgoire, Founder, The Family Firm, NAPFA Founder / Chair 1985, Retired 2018

Bob Maloney, Squam Lakes Financial Advisors

Scott MacKillop, First Ascent Asset Management  

Kate McBride, FiduciaryPath         

Carolyn McClanahan, Life Planning Partners

Bill Prewitt, Charleston Financial Advisors                                                         

Ron A. Rhoades, Associate Professor of Finance, Western Kentucky University

Knut Rostad, Institute for the Fiduciary Standard

James Tierney, Assistant Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Chris Tobe, Racial Justice Impact Fund

Brian Thorp, Wealthtender

Bob Veres, Inside Information

About the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard is a not for profit formed in 2011 to provide research,
education and advocacy to consumers, policy makers and advisors on fiduciary principles and
practices. Fiduciary September is the largest annual conversation on the importance of fiduciary
advice. The Real Fiduciary™ Practices are written in plain language and set out what we believe
the most conscientious advisors and planners do. Visit www.thefiduciaryinstitute.org

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