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Financial Planning
September 1, 2012
Bob Veres |
Why Doesn't the RIA Community Come Up With Better Proposals? Instead of fighting against bad proposals, shouldn't the RIA community be proposing better alternatives? We assume that the goal of the Dodd-Frank Act is to tighten up lax RIA regulation.   |
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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2009
Sherri Scordo |
Compliance Concerns There's a lot of buzz these days about potential changes in compliance rules and the impact on advisors. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Larry Light |
The Tradeoff Registered investment advisors may end up getting to know a new regulator, but the tougher fiduciary standard they live under will also be extended to cover their broker-dealer rivals. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Evan Simonoff |
What Gives At The SEC? For several decades, the Securities and Exchange Commission has contended that it does not have sufficient resources to examine and inspect RIAs. Consequently, many have concluded that Finra is the default option for all RIA regulation. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Andrew Gluck |
Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2012
John F. Wasik |
State of Regulation As states take over regulation of RIAs with up to $100 million in assets under management, many firm owners are wondering if the transition will prove difficult. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Bob Veres |
Gold Into Straw In mid-January, the SEC released its "Study on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers" to Congress. Analyzing the study provides an insightful look into how the SEC views the "harmonization" of two different regulatory structures. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2011
Bob Veres |
Regulatory Armaggedon The Republican leadership in Congress has proposed that the SEC authorize one or more self-regulatory organizations to take over regulation of RIAs. This has been coordinated with massive Wall Street lobbying. |
Financial Advisor
February 2011
Evan Simonoff |
A Different Playing Field Regulatory reform is at the top of RIAs' minds going into 2011. |
Financial Advisor
November 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Debate Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors? |
Investment Advisor
July 1, 2011
Bob Clark |
If You Want Something Done Right It's beginning to look like the only way Dodd-Frank reregulation is going to turn out well is if RIAs form their own SRO. |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
New RIA Custody Rules In Force Friday New rules aimed at preventing registered investment advisors from pulling off ponzi schemes are now in effect. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Bob Veres |
To the World of 2020 I'm writing this column to help you address the issue on the minds of investors and consumers everywhere in your future day and age: How can we finally fix the regulatory system after the latest traumatic events shook the markets to their core? |
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Thomas D. Giachetti |
The Compliance Coach: Will the SEC Ever Learn? Don't Count On It Get ready for new custody and ADV rules, and the $100 million threshold. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Reality Check Washington is far more likely to tweak the existing system than to rewrite the investment advisor legislation. |
Registered Rep.
March 14, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
The Long Goodbye This year, about 3,200 mid-sized RIAs will say goodbye to the Securities and Exchange Commission, transferring their registration to the states where they do business. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Something About Mary The drive to reregulate financial advice shifted into high gear on June 17, when the Obama Administration released its white paper containing proposals for 21st Century Financial Regulatory Reform, and passes it to SEC chair Mary Shapiro. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2012
Eric Schwartz |
Eric Schwartz of Cambridge Investment Discusses RIAs A proposal to deal with RIAs regulatory advantage over independent broker-dealers. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Is Mary What the SEC Needs? The alternative to FINRA overseeing advisors, and what advisors would definitely prefer, is a self-regulatory organization. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
James J. Green |
Simple, Not Simplistic Tom Giachetti preaches a simple approach to compliance for advisors: Know what you need to do, but also what you don't need to do. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Mark Tibergien |
Truth and Consequence Are more regulations for the financial services sector really needed, or just better enforcement of what's now on the book? |
Registered Rep.
September 16, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
RIA Interest in Financial Planning Grows, Industry Data Suggests Financial planning activities are playing a growing role in the service offerings of registered investment advisors. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010 |
What's Happening to Regulation? Whether we like it or not, we do live in a post-Madoff world, and it's impossible to separate his crimes from the dialogue surrounding regulatory reform. |
Registered Rep.
June 19, 2012
Diana Britton |
Whose Suitability Standards? In early 2011, the SEC completed a study, mandated under Dodd-Frank reform legislation, which recommended extending to brokers who advise retail clients the same fiduciary standard that now applies to investment advisors. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Bob Veres |
Gaps of Logic FINRA has been an effective bludgeon against the small independent B-D world, creating paperwork requirements whose costs are best amortized over larger hordes of retail advisors. |
Registered Rep.
July 8, 2015
Jerry Gleeson |
The New Sheriffs In 2012, more than 2,000 RIA firms who had only known the regulatory scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission were transitioned over to the Wild West of state securities regulators. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Bob Veres |
A Swiftly Tilting Planet How will brokers and financial advisors fare in the government's battle to regulate the securities industry? |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
FINRA Jockeys for SRO Spot as SEC Report to Congress Nears The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is engaged in a full-court press to convince the SEC that it should be the SRO for advisors. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Brian Hamburger |
Going for Custody As of March 12, new rules for RIAs require special (and expensive) reports and audits for custodial accounts. Are you ready? |
Registered Rep.
February 7, 2012
Diana Britton |
Are Regulations Killing the Hybrid Financial Advisor? Some advisors say new compliance and regulatory burdens under Dodd-Frank are making the hybrid model untenable. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Bob Veres |
The Plan This is an interim report on the market share erosion experienced by our Wirehouse ("Member") firms versus "fiduciary" and "consumer-focused" financial planners. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Turning on the Charm Next month the SEC reports to Congress on its recommendations for enhancing examinations for investment advisors. FINRA, meanwhile, is trying to persuade movers and shakers on the Hill that it already has the answers. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Jim McConville |
Advisor Groups Renew Challenge To Finra's SRO Cost Estimates A coalition of financial advisor industry groups last month resumed its assault on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's cost estimates for creating a self-regulatory organization to review investment advisors. |
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 Planning
March 1, 2013
Bob Veres |
Fearless Forecast for Advisors In contemplating the future, we offer new models for the profession and the investment markets and thoughts for 2023 and beyond. |
Registered Rep.
December 20, 2010
Diana Britton |
RIAs Reinvesting in Their Firms Despite Economic Uncertainty Forty-six percent said they are optimistic about the direction of the economy, up 30 percent from last quarter. |
Financial Advisor
October 2010
Andrew Gluck |
Pulling The Switch Are state regulators ready to assume oversight of some 4,200 RIAs? |
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. |
Registered Rep.
June 29, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
The New Sheriffs In Town The SEC examines about 9 percent of the 11,000 or so advisory firms under its jurisdiction annually. All of that is about to change with a little help from regulators at the state level. |
Financial Advisor
March 2005
Tracey Longo |
The Watchdog Inside Your Firm The SEC is making your chief compliance officer a whistleblower. Advisors' success with regulators in 2005 will depend largely on whether they trip themselves up or are able to create a business model that is better aligned with their clients. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2010
Marion Asnes |
Envestnet's Fiduciary Opportunity Bill Crager, president of Envestnet, is not going to wait for Washington to figure out the fate of the fiduciary standard. The way he sees it, the market has already spoken. |
Financial Advisor
May 2011
Andrew Gluck |
Finra Makes Its Move Who regulates financial advisors may shift. Here's a look at the positions various groups are taking on fiduciary standards. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
Bob Clark |
The Real Deal MarketCounsel is focused on taking the independent advisory model to the next level. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2013
Bob Veres |
How to Fix Advisors' Regulatory Woes Everyone agrees that the current mishmash of legal oversight doesn't work. Here s a framework that could clean up the mess. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Regulatory Reform Angst It's clear that advisors are worried about the impact of regulatory reform measures. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Evan Simonoff |
The Great Divide When the International Association For Financial Planning merged with the Institute Of Certified Financial Planners 12 years ago, members of both groups hoped the new 30,000-member strong organization would at long last allow the profession to speak with a single voice that could give it clout. |
Financial Advisor
October 2012
Brian Hamburger |
Sleight Of Hand The apparent death knell of Finra as an SRO by no means signals victory. |
