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Investment Advisor January 2007 Robert F. Keane	Catching up with... Nick Nicolette The 2007 President of the Financial Planning Association already has clear ideas about what the agenda for his term will be. Here's an interview.
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.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Marion Asnes	5 Questions An interview with Dan Moisand on the commencement of his one-year term as FPA president.
Registered Rep. October 23, 2006 John Churchill	Opulence (and a Wee Bit of Strife) at FPA Confab in Nashville Education and networking were on order at the recent annual Financial Planning Association conference.
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.
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 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 December 2005 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Professional Courtesy Can financial planners become professionals? After the first 25 years, the jury's still out.
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.
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 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. April 1, 2007	Marilyn Dimitroff An interview about a second round of proposed revisions to the CFP Board's Code of Ethics.
Financial Advisor March 2004	Letters To The Editor FLP Flaws Come From Implementation, Not Strategy... Nick Murray Does It Again... No Bullion Here... etc.
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.
Financial Advisor June 2004	Letters To The Editor Advisors Should Evaluate Annuities... Clearing Up Confusion...
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.
Financial Advisor September 2011	Letters A Different View... Reflections On The Profession...
Investment Advisor February 2010	Soapbox: Here's What We Were Thinking The Financial Planning Coalition is glad to see Bob Clark's vociferous advocacy of a fiduciary standard of care for individuals who dispense financial planning advice, but not so glad of his inability to let go of the past.
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 Planning July 1, 2013 Scott Wenger	FPA's Michael Branham: Succession on His Mind The FPA s president says advisors of all ages should be thinking about the next chapter of their careers.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	For Young and Old Alike The Financial Planning Association and the NexGen community co-hosted the second annual NexGen Conference for the profession's future leaders.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Out of Focus The FPA's Recommendations on Future Regulation needs clarification.
Investment Advisor September 2007 James E. Kearney	No Rest for the Planning Industry It's important for the profession to take a three-pronged approach to financial literacy: advancing the profession; educating the public; and growing planners for the future.
Investment Advisor May 2007 Melanie Waddell	Victory for the FPA The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned the SEC's Merrill rule.
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. 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?
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 James A. Barnash	Why We're Suing The FPA president explains the lawsuit over the SEC's broker-dealer rule that exempted certain broker-dealers from disclosure standards that apply to investment advisers and most financial planners.
Investment Advisor January 2006	Letters: Standards v. Membership Readers respond: While FPA is willing, even anxious to find common ground, FPA simply will not compromise its values or the profession's standards... Thanks for the Memories... etc.
Financial Planning May 1, 2013 Charles R. Chaffin	Making the Case for CFP Standards While the planning profession has evolved considerably, there is still work to be done.
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.
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 July 2007 Richard B. Wagner	Now What? With FPA's win in its lawsuit against the SEC, financial advisors need to reflect on what that means for the profession.
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?
Investment Advisor August 2005 James A. Barnash	Train the Young, Build an Industry The Financial Planning Association's president argues for more mentorship in the industry.
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. 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 June 1, 2005 Harold Evensky	The New 'F' Word A new group would irrefutably link the concept of "fiduciary" to financial advice.
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 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.
Investment Advisor May 2006 Angie Herbers	The Fast Track: Ulterior Motives What young financial planners need is the opportunity to discuss their ideas, challenges, frustrations, and goals with someone who is willing to listen.
Financial Advisor March 2011 Evan Simonoff	Challenges Confront FPA Editor's Note: Like many associations, the FPA is not doomed, but it needs to rethink its value proposition.
Investment Advisor September 2005 Angela Herbers	The Fast Track: Stoking Star Power If the FPA wants to truly train young advisors to build a profession, then perhaps they should first train the trainers, rather than unrealistically making us believe that training the next generation is not a "burden" we as financial professionals are obligated to bear.
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	The Deep Thinker Michael Kitces is changing how planners shape their practices-and their plans.
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.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Mark Johannessen	Embracing Change on Our Own Terms Given the recent announcement by the Treasury Department of an ambitious reform package for the financial services industry, financial planners have no choice but to prepare for change.
Financial Advisor July 2011 Andrew Gluck	Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance.
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 Planning June 1, 2012 Bob Veres	Stop Imaginary Planning Our profession's history is a story of mass migration away from, and then back to, what we might call real planning.
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...
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Spreading the News After being educated about the requirements for a CFP and the approach these planners take in offering financial advice, consumers say they are more likely to seek out a CFP for help with managing their money.