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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
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
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
March 2010 |
GroupThink News from RIIA, IAA, MSRB, and the CFP Board. |
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
June 2009 |
Group Think Industry association news: Call for legislation to oversee the financial planning profession... New member programs from NAIBD... NAVA has hired Chris Paulitz as Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs... |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Tracey Longo |
NAPFA: Holier Than Thou The chairwoman of the the small and once-feisty organization for fee-only financial advisors seeks balance between the group's rabble-rousing roots and concern for members. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
Kara P. Stapleton |
Group Think News from the CFP and FPA. |
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
July 2008 |
Group Think The CFP Board has filed a comment letter with the SEC welcoming the Commission's proposal to improve the quality of information that investment advisors must provide to clients and prospective clients. |
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. |
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
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
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2011
Diana Britton |
Fee-Only FAs Positioned Well to Capture Retirement Plan Assets Fee-only financial advisors are well-positioned to capture retirement plan clients because of their fee transparency and their business model's alignment with ERISA. |
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
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. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
James J. Green |
Numerology: Fewer Assets, More Advisors Total assets managed by investment advisors shrank in 2008 but the number of SEC-registered investment advisors increased. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
James J. Green |
NAPFA Asks Its Members to Get On the Bus The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors plans to begin a bus tour throughout the country to spread its message of prudent savings and financial literacy to consumers in 150 to 200 cities. |
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 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Slight Growth in RIAs The universe of registered investment advisors grew only slightly during the past year. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2014
Diana Britton |
Investors Prefer Holistic Advice, CFP Board Says Contrary to the prevailing belief in this industry that it pays to focus on a niche market, investors actually prefer to work with an advisor who can discuss all areas of their life. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007 |
Lines Limned by a "Letters" Lover Letters to the Editor: Broker/Dealer of the Year Correction... Spelling correction... |
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... |
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 2011
Bruce W. Fraser |
Lost In The Crowd For all their risks, preferred ETFs offer high yields, good liquidity and diversification. |
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
July 2011
Andrew Gluck |
Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance. |
Registered Rep.
April 11, 2014
Diana Britton |
Is the CFP Board Losing Credibility in the Eyes of Advisors? WealthManagement.com surveyed 321 CFP holders and found that one-third believe the recent scandals detract from the perceived value of the designation. |
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
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. |
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 Advisor
March 2008
David J. Drucker |
Blueprint For Success Nowadays, an energetic financial planner can get up and running in three to five years. The industry has simply built a body of knowledge around starting an independent advisory firm and, independent planners have disseminated that knowledge freely. |
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
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. |
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Andrew Gluck |
Referencing Referrals While many financial advisors around the country struggle to bring in new clients and grow their businesses, others enjoy an embarrassment of riches -- they have so much new business they don't know how to handle it. Why? |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning
September 30, 2013
Charles Paikert |
Lifetime Achievement: Lew & Karen Altfest The success of Altfest Personal Wealth Management is highlighted in this article. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009 |
Group Think News from FINRA, IAA, NAVA, NAPFA, and NAIFA |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Donohue on the Rand Report & Paulson SEC exec doesn't foresee a single regulator for advisors and broker/dealers. |
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 |
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
July 31, 2008
Elizabeth Brokamp |
5 Great Gifts That Keep on Giving If you want your money to have a lasting impact, there are a whole host of options you may not have considered. Here are a few ideas for presents that will continue to reward their recipients long into the future. |
