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Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 John Churchill	Of Two Minds An internecine argument at the FPA gets to the heart of one of the industry's more vexing problems: Should brokers be able to position themselves as financial planners?
Registered Rep. March 9, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	What's In a Name? If You Are a Fiduciary, a Lot. But Are CFP Certificants Fiduciaries? Financial planners who hold the Certified Financial Planning designation have been tussling with the CFP Board, which controls the CFP designation, over the designation's ethical standards.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2004 John Churchill	A Broker or An Advisor? A hot topic among the financial planning community as financial planners continue to try to define and bolster themselves as a profession: fiduciary status. Of particular concern is the "broker-dealer exemption rule" to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Financial Advisor February 2007 Roy Dilberto	Establishing Trust In Financial Planning For large wirehouses, they need to understand that business is not leaving them and being transferred to independent advisors because of the fee structure. It is because most of these people are registered as investment advisors and follow the spirit as well as the letter of the fiduciary relationship.
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Daniel B. Moisand	Keep Standards High Financial planning is surprisingly under-regulated. The rules that do exist apply primarily to subset disciplines. As a result, all planners are regulated but no one really regulates planning.
Investment Advisor November 2006 James J. Green	Teslik Leaves CFP Board Sarah Ball Teslik, who joined the CFP Board of Standards as CEO in 2004 and sparked many changes at the Board, has resigned from the Board to take the newly created position of senior VP of policy and governance at Apache Corp.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Karen DeMasters	FPA Membership Slide Stabilizes A free fall in the Financial Planning Association's membership over the last few years has stabilized, and the organization's new leaders say they're hopeful a turnaround is in the offing.
Registered Rep. March 30, 2005 John Churchill	House Urges SEC to Adopt Broker-Dealer Exemption Rule At issue, at least as far as financial planners are concerned, is that registered reps are presenting themselves as fiduciaries, when in fact they are brokers with a less-than-fiduciary responsibility to their clients.
Investment Advisor May 2007 Bob Clark	We Win, Sort Of How the FPA can make the most out of its upset victory over the SEC.
Investment Advisor January 2010 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: The Riddle of the CFP Board Have you ever wondered what those folks at the Certified Financial Planning Board are thinking?
Registered Rep. May 31, 2007	CFP Board Approves Tighter Code of Ethics The CFP Board approved a second round of revisions to its code of ethics, essentially strengthening the duty of care CFP certificants must use with regards to their clients.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Andrew Osterland	Brokering Advice The essential difference between brokers and registered advisors, say financial planners, is fiduciary duty. The notion that b/ds have a lighter burden of regulation than registered advisors, however, is something the securities industry vigorously disputes.
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	The Fiduciary Fracas Debate and controversy over the elusive standard could be just what the industry needs.
Registered Rep. March 11, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Brokers Versus Advisors--SIFMA Wants "Universal," Not Fiduciary, Standard Will the patchwork rules governing the conduct of Series 7 holders and registered investment advisors, a patchwork that confuses the public, finally be sorted out?
Financial Advisor May 2007	Frontline News Don't Party Like It's 1999... CFP Board Moving Headquarters... Advisors Settle Multimillion Lawsuits... FPA's New Fiduciary Standard For All Planners... Mesirow Advisors Become RIAs...
Registered Rep. April 8, 2005 John Churchill	`Merrill Rule' Debate Not Over The SEC unanimously voted to allow Series 7 holders, or registered reps, to position themselves as financial advisors -- with certain caveats. But once again the SEC seemed to hedge its bet. So the debate rages on.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	CFP CEO Resigns Sarah Teslik, CEO of the Certified Financial Planner Board, announced that she would resign from her post to take a position at an energy company.
Financial Advisor July 2011 Andrew Gluck	Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 John Churchill	A Monster Issue Will the SEC withdraw the Broker-Dealer Exemption, causing reps to back away from adviser status? If so, the impact could cause substantial disruption in the markets.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Two Steps Back? Just when FPA is moving into high gear, some of its rhetoric sounds suspiciously retro.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell	Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 John Churchill	BrokerAdvisor BrokerAdvisor Let's Call the Whole Thing Off! The Financial Planning Association and some consumer groups are in court in an effort to block brokers from introducing themselves tp prospective clients as finanical advisors or financial consultants.
Registered Rep. April 29, 2005 John Churchill	FPA Sues to Stop Broker-Dealer Exemption The Financial Planning Association believes that the SEC rule which allows registered reps to call themselves financial advisors is contrary to law and encourages broker-dealers to engage in self-dealing with their clients without disclosing their conflicts of interest.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kristen French	Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2007 Kristen French	FPA Helps Firms Comply With B/d Exemption Ruling The Financial Planning Association is making an effort to help brokerage firms and their advisors comply with the D.C. Court of Appeals ruling that killed the broker/dealer exemption and fee-based brokerage accounts.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2007	The Great Reckoning Whatever the specific business impact the Merrill Lynch ruling may have, many see the return to pre-1999 rules as a chance for the brokerage industry, which has long avoided fiduciary duty for business and regulatory reasons, to overcome those obstacles and embrace it.
Financial Advisor November 2005 Tracey Longo	The Embattled Broker Exemption Rule While advisors talk a good game about their desire to see consumers protected by meaningful regulation, the Financial Planning Association remains the sole litigant in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission's so-called Merrill rule.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Will Leitch	The Acrimony Over Acronyms Faced with a full hand of acronyms to describe their various certifications and designations, brokers are showing them off, confusing clients. For this reason, the notion of a universal designation -- akin to the CPA in the accounting profession -- is gaining momentum.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2006 Kristen French	Brokers Learning to Play by New Rules It's no longer business as usual on Wall Street. Starting yesterday, broker/dealers must follow a new SEC rule that requires them to disclose at certain times that they may not be acting in their clients' best interest.
Investment Advisor October 2007 James J. Green	A Robust FPA Celebrates Fresh from Senate testimony, FPA President Nicholas Nicolette stresses fiduciary duty, and the vigor of the Financial Planning Association.
Financial Advisor November 2003 Evan Simonoff	Contest For The Financial Planning Association's Soul Is the Institute of Certified Financial Planners's agenda for the new association (the product of a merger between the ICFP and the International Association for Financial Planning) winning?
Registered Rep. March 16, 2012 Kristen French	Wire Houses Minting Fiduciary Advisors -- Or Are They? None of the firms will go on record as to whom specifically in the rank and file is adopting the standard, nor will they provide much detail on what that training looks like.
Investment Advisor April 2007 Robert F. Keane	CFP Standards Revision A new draft addresses previous critiques and imposes a fiduciary standard for advice.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 John Churchill	Fix Advisor Laws! Laws should reflect the fact that the differences between registered reps and registered investment advisors have largely evaporated.
Investment Advisor December 2006 James J. Green	The Conference Season The fall is conference season for investment advisors and financial planners, marked this year by two of the biggest annual gatherings held just weeks apart -- The Financial Planning Association's meeting followed by Schwab Institutional's Impact show.
Registered Rep. August 19, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Haggling Over The F Word Continues Regulators, consumer advocates and politicians continue to hammer out what it might mean for Series 65 investment advisors and series 7 registered reps to adhere to the new fiduciary standard.
Investment Advisor October 2007 K. McBride & K. Stapleton	Birds of a Feather More than ever, the professional associations that cater to financial planners and advisors are having a meaningful impact outside the planning community itself, among consumers, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill.
Registered Rep. April 6, 2005 John Churchill	SEC Adopts Broker-Dealer Exemption Over the vociferous objections of fee-only financial planners, the SEC voted unanimously to permanently adopt the broker/dealer exemption rule, formerly known as the Merrill Lynch exemption.
Investment Advisor December 2006 Dan Moisand	Accentuate the Positive The president of the Financial Planning Association points out some positive things done by the CFP Board.
Financial Advisor March 2011 Andrew Gluck	Members Only Good intentions and strict rules may have backfired for the Financial Planning Association at a time of change.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Turf Wars Over Advice The age-old debate between the b/d and investment advisor (RIA) industries over who should be able to provide advice and when, and whose regulatory regime offers better investor protections, is far from over.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Bob Veres	CFP Board of Fiduciaries If you're a strong advocate of professionalism and consumer protection, you'll find a lot to like in The CFP Board's "Rules of Conduct."
Registered Rep. March 30, 2007 John Churchill	Surprise! FPA Wins Lawsuit Against SEC and the Broker-Dealer Exemption Three years after suing the SEC over the controversial "Broker Dealer Exemption" rule, a federal court has ruled that the SEC exceeded its authority in adopting the rule.
Financial Advisor July 2006	Frontline News FPA Members Support Fiduciary Standards... NAPFA Honors Bradley For Exemption Stance... Focused On The Top, Focus Grows Again... Planners Stay Happy Despite Earnings Decline... etc.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Board to Death: Reloaded Think the Certified Financial Planner Board had gone mainstream? Think again. Here's a recap of Board CEO Sarah Teslik's recent off-the-wall comments.
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	The 'F' Word Stirs Up Controversy Advisors who fall under the new fiduciary standard, namely investment advisors who run a fee-based business, must always put clients' interests before of their own.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006	The Broker-Dealer Exemption: Good or Bad for the Investing Public? (Oy, This Still Hasn't Been Resolved?) True financial advisors -- those who hold Series 65s and Series 66s, and who are fiduciaries -- aren't too happy that Series 7-holders have been able to cast themselves as financial advisors.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Allen Plummer	Over the Top There's one big problem with being on top, and the organization that administers the Certified Financial Planner designation is in the process of learning all about it.
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Ed McCarthy	The Next Generation of Advisers (and the Problem with Uncovering Them) There's still no tried-and-true path for those entering the financial planning profession.
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