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Personal Financial Planning Program Webinars

A note from Knut A. Rostad

In September 2018, the Institute awarded the Frankel Fiduciary Prize to Harold Evensky at Texas Tech in Lubbock. While on campus I spoke before several classes and saw first hand the interest of students in the subject of fiduciary duties.

Since then, in collaboration with two Personal Financial Planning (PFP) programs, we identified fiduciary topics to offer in one-hour webinars. The first program was launched in September 2019. We welcome feedback from students and professors at info@thefiduciaryinstitute.org.

Joining a Fiduciary, Fee-Only Firm: What You Should Know – March 23, 2020
Hosted by Pagnato Karp, sponsored by the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, and featuring Anne Marie E. Ashworth, Stephanie H. Spies, Brian K. Scheiss, and moderated by Devin Baker.

Fiduciary Fundamentals for Financial Planning Students…and Advisors Wanting a Refresher – November 11, 2019

What is Reg BI? – September 23, 2019
Hosted by Pagnato Karp featuring Knut A. Rostad, Dan Moisand of Moisand Fitzgerald Tomayo, and moderated by Skip Schweiss of TD Ameritrade.

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