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Investment Advisor October 2009 James J. Green	Catching Up With: Bill Baldwin A telephone interview with the editor-in-chief of this publication and the new chairman of NAPFA, Bill Baldwin.
Investment Advisor June 2007 James J. Green	A Level Playing Field An interview with NAPFA's Dick Bellmer on the group's consumer education campaign on fiduciary standards.
Investment Advisor February 2009 James J. Green	Growth, and Advocacy A conversation with Diahann Lassus, NAPFA Chair, about NAPFA's growth, what the reaction will be in Washington to the Bernie Madoff scandal, and what NAPFA hopes to accomplish with the financial planning coalition.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Why NAPFA Matters Can the future of financial planning really depend on folks who fudge their numbers?
Investment Advisor August 2007 Bob Clark	Genius, Pure Genius Fake studies with unsound data and faulty conclusions put people who are trying to do the right thing on the wrong track. The problem is that for over a hundred years, the financial services industry has gotten away with a fraud: acting like "advisors" but being compensated as salespeople.
Investment Advisor October 2007	Clark Strikes Another Nerve Letters to the editor: Genius, Pure Genius... Who Says They're the Good Guys... In Favor of Full Disclosure... etc.
Registered Rep. May 19, 2011 Diana Britton	NAPFA Announces Rebranding Campaign, Plans to Become Leader in Financial Planning The fee-only business has evolved from what it was 10 years ago, and it was time for NAPFA to reflect that change in the business or it would risk becoming irrelevant.
Investment Advisor July 2010 Robert F. Keane	"NAPFA Is Back," Says Group's Chair Fee-only planners gather in Chicago and announce new leadership
Investment Advisor October 2006 Melanie Waddell	Catching up with... An interview with Tom Grzymala, a former RIA and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Auditor about ensuring those advisors who proffer advice are living up to fiduciary standards.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Melanie Waddell	Teaming Up for Change The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, the Financial Planning Association, and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards -- which have joined forces to lobby Congress on financial services reform -- christen themselves the Financial Planning Coalition.
Financial Advisor July 2009 Sherri Scordo	NAPFA Under Ethics Spotlight After drawing unwanted attention when some of its members were recently accused of fraud, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors is wrestling with ways to ensure that members abide by the organization's ethical standards.
Investment Advisor October 2009 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: The Dog That Didn't Bark A fiduciary duty to all clients would be more immediate, widespread, and at least as beneficial as separate regulation of planners.
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 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.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2012 Diana Britton	60 seconds with Lauren Locker The newly elected chair of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors talks about her priorities for the job.
Investment Advisor October 2009	GroupThink Professional association news: Charles Moran new chair-elect of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards' Board... The Financial Planning Association profession's 40th anniversary... The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors is continuing its 12-month program...
Financial Advisor June 2012 Jim McConville	Napfa Elects New Chair, Launches Web Sites The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors has tapped Ron Rhoades to succeed Susan John as chairman of the fee-only planners group.
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 September 2006 David L. Lawrence	A Fiduciary Practice For financial advisory firms, operational challenges come with offering advice.
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.
Financial Advisor May 2012 Karen DeMasters	Genesis Created To Prevent Exodus The first wave of financial planners is graying at the temples, and there's a big need for a new generation to take their place.
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?
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 John K. Ritter	Fight On There is a major fight going on between planners and regulators about how to define and apply a fiduciary standard. Yet despite the high stakes, it seems that few planning professionals have chosen to join in and make their opinions known.
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. September 3, 2009 Mindy Diamond	Talking To Clients About Breaking Away Here are some starting points for advisors to begin a conversation with clients about deciding to establish themselves as an RIA or joining an existing one.
Financial Advisor December 2009 David Lawrence	Standards Of Care Fiduciary concepts are having a bigger impact on the financial services industry and your practice.
Investment Advisor August 2005	Letters: Who're You Calling Radical? Rebels Without a Cause... Not So Fatal Attraction... It'll Go To Our Head...
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 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 November 2007	Lines Limned by a "Letters" Lover Letters to the Editor: Broker/Dealer of the Year Correction... Spelling correction...
Registered Rep. March 5, 2010 Kristen French	Washington Not Swayed By Mainstream Media On Fiduciary Standard. What About Clients? Will all the media attention influence brokerage clients? Many have already been migrating to investment advisers who act as fiduciaries on the RIA side of the business.
Financial Advisor October 2010 Scott A. MacKillop	One Standard, Period The debate over the fiduciary standard should be about clients - and it would be over in a heartbeat if it were.
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	More Plans for All A universal fiduciary standard could be great for consumers, but financial planners may get less benefit than they think.
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.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Michael Dubis	The Fiduciary Test As a financial planner, are you really on your clients' side? Ask yourself some of these tough questions.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2011	Exactly Why Your Broker May Be Dangerous Be careful out there, because the broker you choose may have an agenda.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Where's My Money? What to do when your fiduciary isn't getting the job done. In any situation involving potential or actual conflict, you need to know your rights. Taking action to enforce your rights is the best way to ensure that you receive the treatment you deserve.
Registered Rep. August 28, 2007 John Churchill	SEC Principal Trade Proposal: A Stalling Tactic? A 2-year "interim rule" would allow large brokerage firms that also have many other business lines to meet their fiduciary obligations to customers while still engaging in principal trading activity -- selling customers products from their own inventory.
Financial Advisor June 2010 Evan Simonoff	Letter Letters To The Editor: Alternative investments... Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010...
Investment Advisor May 2010 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Hope and Change Hope is waning for a fiduciary standard for brokers. But the battle's not over yet.
Investment Advisor February 2010 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Declaration of Independence Starting with fiduciary duty, I propose standards for a new profession.
Financial Advisor July 2006 Tracey Longo	Why Aren't There More Women? NAPFA's new women's roundtable plans to learn why more women aren't choosing the financial advisory 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 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.
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Morris Armstrong	Different Look There are enormous legal differences when reviewing the operations and responsibilities of a broker-dealer and a RIA.
Investment Advisor June 2007	Fiduciary First of All Letters to the editor: Doing the Fiduciary Wiggle... Corrections... etc.
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On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Trone & Harvey	Are The Retirement Waters Now Murkier? A 40-page document of new regulations from the Department of Labor sets out to ease the challenges of offering investment advice to retirement plan participants and to lessen any conflicts of interest.
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell	Advice to the SEC When it comes to the fiduciary standard, Capital Analysts President and CEO Matt Lynch says advisors "want to be sure the SEC seeks and gathers input from the industry as to how to implement these important changes."