CFA Institute President and CEO, Paul Smith urges SEC to “regain control” of the fiduciary standard “by regulating the titles that those who provide personalized investment advice can use.”

Leader of hourly financial planning movement says Institute program provides much-needed clarity to help investors know what to expect from a fiduciary advisor

David will be among the first group of advisors of ‘Best Practices’ advisors the Institute will announce in March. Stay tuned.

The advisor world’s best-known advisor’s “advisor,” Bob Veres, has written extensively on how very different broker-dealers (sales persons) are from independent advisors.

The investor watchdog talks to ThinkAdvisor about why SEC Chair White is a ‘bad SEC chair for investors’ and why the Social Security trust fund isn’t as important as many think.

There can be changes around the edges, or changes at the core, but I expect with certainty that there will be uncertainty for a while.