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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.
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Investment Advisor November 2007	Lines Limned by a "Letters" Lover Letters to the Editor: Broker/Dealer of the Year Correction... Spelling correction...
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?
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.
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.
Investment Advisor July 2007 James J. Green	CFP Board Adds Fiduciary Requirement The Board of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards adopted a revised version of its code of ethics, adding new language that requires all 54,000 CFPs to "at all times place the interest of the client ahead of his or her own."
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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 March 2008 David Lawrence	A Higher Standard It is incumbent on all financial advisors to acknowledge their potential role as a fiduciary and act accordingly where and when applicable. So, that leads to a question of just what a fiduciary does during a typical day.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Melanie Waddell	On a Mission A conversation with Kevin Keller, in which he promises that his second year as the CFP Board CEO will be even more fruitful than his first.
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Investment Advisor January 2007 Stapleton & Green	Managing Growth, Smartly The recent 2006 Investment Advisor Summit focused on finding, compensating, and motivating the right people for your firm.
Investment Advisor January 2007	The Mark That Makes It Letters to the editor: Hope It Wasn't Something I Said... Who Best to Educate the Public?... Longing for the Past... etc.
Investment Advisor May 2007	That's Not How I Read PPA Letters to the editor: DOL Requires More Due Diligence for 401(k) Advisors... You say adviser, we say advisor... Corrections...
Investment Advisor April 2007 John K. Ritter	The CFP Board's Giant Step Forward Presented with an opportunity to help shape the industry into a true profession, the CFP Board of Standards did the right thing and mandated a fiduciary standard for all who provide financial planning services, or any of the material elements of a financial plan.
Financial Advisor June 2006	Frontline News CFP Board To Punt On The F Word... Raymond James Demands Cheaper VA Products... More Clients Need Insurance Help... Calling Young Advisors... etc.
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.
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Financial Advisor September 2006	Frontline News Optional Fiduciary Stance Challenged... Retired Widow Wins Fiduciary Case Against Advisor... Investors Still Expecting High Returns... Investors Want Choice... Advisors Optimistic About Growth Prospects... etc.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Bob Clark	Mr. Keller Goes to Washington Some suggestions to the CFP Board's new CEO: Belly up to the bar on the fiduciary thing, already... You can't be a CFP and a registered rep or an insurance agent at the same time... etc.
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 Glenn G. Kautt	Are You Certifiable? As regulators turn up the heat on the planning profession, can you meet the highest fiduciary standards available today?
Financial Advisor July 2004 Tracey Longo	Can Prudent Practices Save Your Business? A new booklet outlines the steps fiduciaries should follow. Ignore the book at your own peril: It's already been used decisively in two lawsuits against advisors.
Investment Advisor July 2007	Shame, Shame on Us All! Letters to the editor: Mary Shapiro's Puff Piece... I Couldn't Have Said It Better... etc.
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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?
Financial Advisor September 2006 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note A showdown of sorts appears to be looming between the CFP Board of Standards and the Financial Planning Association, supported by many longtime licensees who devoted a great deal of energy to give the mark the status that it has today.
Investment Advisor February 2008 Angela Herbers	Barring the Door How to stop training your (future) competition.
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