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Registered Rep.
February 7, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Alphabet Soup: Massachusetts May Ban Some Advisor Designations Advisors who hold certain obscure professional designations may want to think twice about touting their alleged specialties on their business cards, mailings or other advertisements -- at least in the state of Massachusetts.   |
Registered Rep.
May 17, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Massachusetts Enforces Rules On Use of Senior Designations The state's Securities Division adopted the nation's first regulation requiring advisors to advertise only accredited credentials, or credentials that can clearly demonstrate that they call for meaningful expertise, when offering financial advice to elderly clients. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Labels Under Fire Regulators are making it clear that advisors who use the word "senior" or various synonyms to transact business unethically are squarely in their sights. |
BusinessWeek
February 26, 2007
Lauren Young |
Financial Pedigrees--Or Blarney? A guide to decoding the dizzying array of acronyms on your financial adviser's business card. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Helping the Most Vulnerable Retirees Lawmakers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state regulators are bent on making sure advisors with designations touting expertise when it comes to helping seniors, the most vulnerable retirees, are closely scrutinized. |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2007
Kristen French |
Senior Fraud Crackdown Continues The second annual "Seniors Summit" is meant to examine ways in which regulators and other groups can help prevent the overwhelming amount of senior fraud being committed in the securities industry. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2006
Jane Worthington |
Compliance Tips As a financial services professional, you should welcome questions from seniors and be prepared to answer them, no matter how basic. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Barry Rehfeld |
Alphabet Soup There are ways for reps to become authentic financial advisors, like the courses offered by continuing education groups and it seems that many advisors are, in fact, taking them. With designations proliferating like ragweed, they have come under fire from a number of public officials lately. |
Investment Advisor
December 2007 |
The Certification Advantage Many different designations have been designed to aid advisors in servicing elderly clients correctly. Read on about three common certifications. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2008
Marianne Czernin |
Compliance In effect now are stricter requirements to protect investors age 65 and over. Advisors, read on to see which areas you need to be vigilant in. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004 |
Alphabet Soup of Advisors What are all those fancy acronyms embossed on financial advisors' letterheads? While these designations don't ensure that the person does good work, they do say the person has had some training and experience, and perhaps a lot of it. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2009
Alan Foxman |
"Senior" Designations Can Be Touchy Subject For Your Firm Questions about "certified senior advisor" designation... Buying stock of companies in bankruptcy... |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Daunted by Designations? As the number of expert designations heads toward triple digits, financial planners must decide which -- if any -- they really need. |
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Kathleen M. McBride |
Building a Brilliant Career Larry Barton of The American College offers words of wisdom on how to be a successful financial advisor. |
Investment Advisor
December 2006
Kara Stapleton |
Briefs The Financial Planning Association endorsed a proposed rule... The CFP Board voted to approve changes to its governance policy... |
Financial Advisor
October 2008
Tracey Longo |
Unwanted Scrutiny One of the quickest ways to get regulators' attention these days is to single out retirees and seniors in your advisory firm's marketing initiatives. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Alan Lavine |
Fish or Fowl? Are equity-indexed annuities securities or insurance? The NASD offered only loose recommendations to member firms about how sales of this product should be conducted and supervised, but most broker/dealers are implementing them anyway. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
Dayana Yochim |
4 Questions Only the Best Money Pros Can Answer How to find an advisor who gives sound advice, not advice that just sounds good. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2010
Dayana Yochim |
How to Tell Your Advisor's Real Agenda This four-step background check will reveal whether you're about to get sound advice, or advice that just sounds good. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2005 |
Varieties of Financial Advisors If you're in the market for a financial advisor, you've probably been confused by all the different credentials that various pros have. To help you decipher those fancy clusters of letters embossed on letterheads, we spell out the most common -- and not-so-common -- credentials here. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008 |
Certified You might want to investigate acquiring these designations to increase your knowledge and expertise of serving elderly clients. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2015
Diana Britton |
Old-Fashioned Exams Financial advisor exams vary in their requirements, but for any individual looking to work in a brokerage firm or sell investments, the Series 7 exam is the mandatory gateway. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007 |
Frontline News Congress Grills "Senior" Advisor Designations... Live Long And Prosper... Fidelity Planning Income Annuity... Mansueto To Receive Award... Fiduciary Network Buys Brightworth Stake... etc. |
Investment Advisor
June 2006
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: News & Products Baby boomers and seniors -- don't confuse the two... SEC Chairman Christopher Cox is on his own crusade to fight senior fraud... John Hancock introduced a new survivorship universal life insurance policy... etc. |
Registered Rep.
March 27, 2006
Kristen French |
SEC Targets Investment Traps Set For Seniors The move against the "free lunch," as they are generally called, is part of a larger initiative launched to protect senior citizens from investment scams and unsuitable recommendations. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
May 2004 |
Frontline News Saving for college costs through 529 plans is a strategy that's gotten a lot of attention from advisors and their clients during the past few years. Lately, however, the investment vehicles are undergoing a different type of scrutiny: investigations by regulators. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Ed McCarthy |
Sorting Through Certifications Continuing education designations for financial planners are proliferating at a dizzying pace. The specific designations matter less than the content of the courses. Here's a sampler. |
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 Advisor
March 2012
Mike Byrnes |
Massachusetts Addresses Social Media Regulation Results from a July 2011 survey by the Massachusetts Securities Division found a significant growth trend in advisors using social media, but also found compliance deficiencies in existing social media regulations. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2011
David E. Adler |
The ABCs of Planner Titles Do you know your REBC from your CEBS, your CIMA from your CMA, and your PFS from your RFC? |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2012 |
Five Questions with Don Blandin The president and CEO of Investor Protection Trust discusses issues facing seniors and the special problems for which advisors should watch, including protecting them against fraud. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2011
Alan J. Foxman |
The Whole Truth Advisor Q&A: Disclosure of conflicts of interest... Clients testimonials as advertising... Advisor representatives and outside business activities... Form ADV on a CD... Qualifications needed on Form ADV... |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
Elder Abuse, Advisor Style The NASD says it will propose "significant" regulatory changes to the way variable annuities are sold, claiming elderly clients are being "scared" into investing in products against their best interests. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Go to the Head of the Class This financial advisor and winner of an Outstanding Broker Award for 2005 loves learning, and his clients love him for it. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Christopher O'Leary |
A Crusade Against Indies? Regardless of whether going independent means a more regulatory scrutiny or not, advisors thinking of going out on their own need to understand just how much work such a move will entail in terms of keeping up with the ever-changing world of regulations. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2007
Elizabeth Brokamp |
Making Sense of Financial Credentials Shouldn't you know who's handling your money? |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Elizabeth D. Festa |
Institutional Approach for Individuals As a senior financial advisor, Leon James applies the quantitative analysis and strategic asset allocation used with his institutional clients to individuals who are retiring. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
February 2009
Sherri Scordo |
Frontline News Broker-Dealer View On Regulation... Tax (Saving) Season Is Here... Credit Crisis May Hurt Wealth Management... ChFC Requirements Get Tougher... |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2011
Kristen French |
CIMA Aims High: Seeks to Replace Series 7, 65 As Industry Standard The Investment Management Consultants Association announced Wednesday that its popular CIMA certification is now accredited by the American National Standards Institute, making it the first of the major wealth management designations to meet international ISO standards. |
Financial Advisor
September 2007 |
Frontline News States Reevaluating Who Should Be Licensed... CFP Board Awards Grants to Eight Projects... FPA Recognizes Outstanding... Western Bank Buys Shine Investment Advisory... Outcry Over Sallie Mae and Private Equity... Virtual Experience... 401(k) Balances on the Upswing... |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2007
Tim Beyers |
How to Beat a Retirement Scam Here are three tips from a retirement expert on finding a worthwhile money manager, and to prevent yourself or someone you know, from becoming the victim of a retirement scam. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007 |
March 2007 NASAA reported that between 2004 and 2005, 26% of the 3,635 state enforcement actions dealt with the financial exploitation of seniors... Financial Services Institute Chairman John Simmers announced FSI will issue a white paper... etc. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2004
John Churchill |
Helping Advisors Cope with Aging, (Their Clients) Reps now have another designation to pin to their names. The American College of Bryn Mawr, PA has unveiled its newest specializaion: Chartered Advisor for Senior Living (CASL). |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2012
Elizabeth Wine |
Financial Advisors Turn to the 401(k) Market for More Business Advisors look to 401(k) plans as fertile ground for business. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 15, 2015
Megan Leonhardt |
Regulators Concerned B/Ds Recommending Unsuitable Products to Seniors With seniors more dependent than ever on their investments for retirement, regulators have found a number of broker/dealers may have recommended unsuitable products and not adequately disclosed risks. |
