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Investment Advisor January 2009 Elizabeth D. Festa	Fixing Fiduciary Failings The financial services world may finally be catching up with the fiduciary standards that Blaine Aiken, CEO of fi360, a Pittsburgh-area based firm that offers education and management support for the investment fiduciary profession, has been espousing for years.
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.
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 February 1, 2008 Bob Veres	Death by Regulation The financial planning profession is about to fight for its survival against well-funded opponents. Here are some possible outcomes.
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 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 November 2009 James J. Green	FPA's Barry Is Optimistic The fiduciary issue remains central to the Financial Planning Association's lobbying efforts, and it has publicly voiced support for extending the fiduciary standard to the broker community.
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 August 2009 Robert F. Keane	Fiduciary to the Forefront Industry leaders, associations, regulators, and consumer advocates call for one fiduciary standard for all.
Investment Advisor July 2006	Group Think Starting July 1, NAPFA will launch its "Focus on Fiduciary" campaign... A recent member-wide survey of the FPA found that its members believe that financial planners should be held to a fiduciary standard.... 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.
Investment Advisor June 2010 James J. Green	Long-Term Progress Reported by Financial Planning Coalition Coalition has met with staff of all 23 members of Senate Banking Committee.
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 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.
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 Planning September 1, 2008 Bob Veres	Power Plays The recent Financial Planners Association luncheon allowed attendees to voice their concerns to a panel that included newly installed CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller.
Financial Advisor July 2011 Andrew Gluck	Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance.
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Bob Veres	The Dual Reality The FSI and independent broker-dealer community have become pivotal voices in the profession. What they see in the future might surprise you.
Investment Advisor January 2008 Kathleen M. McBride	Big Brokers and Planning FPA is embracing major firms, reaching out with ways to help captive broker/dealer, bank, and wirehouse executives and their reps to shift part of their firms to an advisory model.
Investment Advisor June 2007	Fiduciary First of All Letters to the editor: Doing the Fiduciary Wiggle... Corrections... etc.
Investment Advisor November 2009	The Soapbox: The Financial Planning Coalition Barks Back The Financial Planning Coalition responds to Bob Clark's October 2009 column on reregulation.
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.
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 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 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. 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 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 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.
Financial Advisor December 2009 David Lawrence	Standards Of Care Fiduciary concepts are having a bigger impact on the financial services industry and your practice.
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 July 2010 Melanie Waddell	A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward.
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.
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.
Investment Advisor May 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	Exemption Vacation "To be, or not to be?" a fiduciary is the question of the hour for broker/dealers.
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Glenn G. Kautt	For Fiduciary Advisors, the Courts Are Watching For fiduciary advisors, a decision by federal judges finding mismanagement of a company s 401(k) plan could have far-reaching consequences.
Investment Advisor February 2010 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Declaration of Independence Starting with fiduciary duty, I propose standards for a new profession.
Investment Advisor October 2010 Melanie Waddell	Obama Calls for End to Some Bush-Era Tax Cuts; Fiduciary Lobbying Continues Some experts see a tax deal in early 2011
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?
Investment Advisor March 2008 Melanie Waddell	Figuring Out Fiduciary What, exactly, does fiduciary advisor mean? How can an advisor know for sure if he's fulfilling his fiduciary obligations? Are there any real guidelines?
Investment Advisor September 2009 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: These Guys Are Good Did you ever get the haunting feeling that something was going too well? That's how I'm starting to feel about the reregulation of the advisory world, which is part of the Obama Administration's overhaul of the financial services industry.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2012 Diana Britton	Turn Up the Heat Amid the summer doldrums, heavyweights are turning up the heat on major regulatory issues facing the advisor industry. But will they get the attention of the regulators?
Financial Advisor March 2012 Donald B. Trone	Defining 'Fiduciary' In Three Dimensions It means different things to different advisors, depending on their registered status, experience and background. What is clear is the need to continue to build consensus around what the term means to the industry.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Hope and Change Is financial reregulation moving in the right direction?
Investment Advisor October 2010 Melanie Waddell	Dissecting the FSI's Position on Fiduciary As a new study finds investors still confused, Financial Services Institute president Dale Brown presents the independent broker/dealer perspective.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. August 30, 2011 Kristen French	House Plans Hearing on SRO for Advisors for Sept. 13 The subcommittee is expected to review who should be responsible for examining investment advisers.
Registered Rep. March 9, 2011 Kristen French	Law Students, Mercer Bullard Launch SRO For Investment Advisers Their group would rival FINRA, the self regulatory agency for broker/dealers and currently the leading contender for the job.
Financial Advisor January 2012 David Lawrence	Mission Critical How do firms translate fiduciary concepts into their day-to-day operations?
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien	The New Fiduciaries LPL and Fiduciary360 educate advisors on retirement consulting in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 era.