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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 2009 Kathleen M. McBride |
B/D Briefing: Surprise Broker Sentiment Most appear to support a fiduciary standard.  |
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 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 2009 Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Debate Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors?  |
Financial Advisor September 2012 Jeff Schlegel |
Not Making The Grade Financial advisors aren't as fiduciary as they should be, a new survey finds.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Bob Veres |
Victory, for Now Brokerage firms have little choice but to adapt to a world in which their traditional service -- clearing trades and executing transactions -- has become "solely incidental" to the increasingly valuable business of providing advice.  |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Bob Clark |
Can't Beat 'Em? Then Stall 'Em Despite the reform bill's ambiguity, a fiduciary standard for all seems likely.  |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Andrew Gluck |
Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance.  |
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 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.  |
Registered Rep. June 30, 2010 Christina Mucciolo |
Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly.  |
Financial Advisor October 2009 Kristina Fausti |
A Higher Standard It appears that the SEC will remain the primary federal regulator of investment advisors, at least for now.  |
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.  |
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 April 1, 2011 |
SEC and the Fiduciary Study: Politics and the Fiduciary Standard AdvisorOne Wealth Editor Kate McBride explains the political process under which Dodd Frank was passed, up to the SEC's reports on an SRO and fiduciary standard  |
Investment Advisor September 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Time to Represent, Advisor Leaders! Advisors can play a powerful role in the SEC's fiduciary deliberations, if they can get their leaders to lead.  |
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.  |
Investment Advisor March 2008 Bob Clark |
The Empire Strikes Back Wall Street's crafty response to its whipping over the Merrill rule.  |
Investment Advisor May 2007 Bob Clark |
We Win, Sort Of How the FPA can make the most out of its upset victory over the SEC.  |
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.  |
Investment Advisor February 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell |
2011: The Year the Advisors' Playing Field Fundamentally Changes All eyes this year will be focused on the exchanges that will ensue between lawmakers and the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding putting brokers under a fiduciary mandate and appointing a self-regulatory organization.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Tracey Longo |
The Embattled Broker Exemption Rule While advisors talk a good game about their desire to see consumers protected by meaningful regulation, the Financial Planning Association remains the sole litigant in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission's so-called Merrill rule.  |
Investment Advisor September 2010 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: The Dodd-Frank Reform Bill Afterlife A fiduciary standard for all may crimp RIAs' competitive edge.  |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2010 Kristen French |
Most Brokers Think Uniform Fiduciary Standard Unlikely Yet most of them also thought it would do good.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Katherine Reynolds Lewis |
Study Harder New Dodd-Frank legislation kick-started two major initiatives that could transform the way financial advice is regulated and for the first time subject financial planning to explicit regulatory oversight.  |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Andrew Osterland |
Brokering Advice The essential difference between brokers and registered advisors, say financial planners, is fiduciary duty. The notion that b/ds have a lighter burden of regulation than registered advisors, however, is something the securities industry vigorously disputes.  |
On Wall Street December 1, 2009 Mark Astarita |
Brokers as Fiduciaries -- Much Ado About Nothing There is a battle cry to place a fiduciary obligation on retail brokers. But the real question is: What difference will it really make?  |
Investment Advisor March 1, 2011 Kathleen Mcbride |
SEC and the Fiduciary Study: The Process Why the fiduciary standard became such a hot topic for regulators  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Bob Veres |
Fiduciary Fire Index At the start of the new year, the Pension Protection Act will go into effect and expose all over again the fact that, although we all like to talk about fiduciary standards, there really isn't any consistent definition of the term.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor July 2004 Tracey Longo |
Can Prudent Practices Save Your Business? A new booklet outlines the steps fiduciaries should follow. Ignore the book at your own peril: It's already been used decisively in two lawsuits against advisors.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2010 Bob Veres |
In Their Own Words A fiduciary standard would be an important and powerful protection for the American consumer, and a giant step forward in the evolution of the financial advisory profession.  |
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Frances A. McMorris |
Confusion Reigns Among Wirehouse Advisors On The Fiduciary Issue With all the frenzy over the call for a universal fiduciary standard for all financial and investment advisors, it appears that those in the wirehouses don't really understand the debate.  |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark At Large: Done Deal Even without a mandated fiduciary duty for all who give advice, the cat's out of the bag.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor December 2005 Tracey Longo |
The Art Of Being Ethical How financial advisors are turning their ethical approach into a marketing advantage.  |
Investment Advisor July 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell |
Fiduciary D-Day Arrives As the SEC launches into rulemaking, lots of 'thorny issues' will surface.  |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
B/d Briefing: A New Regulatory Framework? In a move that may be the opening salvo in a fight for unified investor protection rules, the SEC is seeking information from potential contractors to conduct a study about how investments and advice are marketed to individual investors.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Kristina Fausti |
Fiduciary Q and A Most advisors are still not clear on the issues regarding a fiduciary standard. Here are some Qs and As on the subject.  |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 |
The Broker-Dealer Exemption: Good or Bad for the Investing Public? (Oy, This Still Hasn't Been Resolved?) True financial advisors -- those who hold Series 65s and Series 66s, and who are fiduciaries -- aren't too happy that Series 7-holders have been able to cast themselves as financial advisors.  |
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. 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.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Mark Astarita |
Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship.  |
Investment Advisor September 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: Industry Heeds SEC's Call for Comments SEC flooded with comments on fiduciary standard; 'fiduciary forum' on September 24.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 Bob Veres |
Wish List: 27 Changes That Would Help Advisors In which we make a few modest requests for the health of the profession as well as the financial services industry.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Donald B. Trone |
Standing on Principle Broker-dealer senior management must move their organizations from a rules-based framework, which requires little standard of care, to a principles-based framework, which requires a high standard of care.  |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Hope and Change Is financial reregulation moving in the right direction?  |
Registered Rep. June 25, 2010 Kristen French |
The Final Wall Street Reform Bill And You After a herculean 20-hours straight of negotiations, Congressional committee members agreed Friday morning to a Wall Street reform package that will be much tougher on the country's banks.  |