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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.  |
Financial Advisor September 2006 David L. Lawrence |
A Fiduciary Practice For financial advisory firms, operational challenges come with offering advice.  |
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.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Trone & Harvey |
Sweet Harmony Industry and regulators can feel comfortable that a fiduciary standard need not be cumbersome, but should, when properly crafted, significantly improve how investment decisions are prudently managed.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donald B. Trone |
All for One... A uniform fiduciary standard of conduct, coupled with harmonized regulations, should dramatically improve the process for investors.  |
Financial Advisor January 2012 David Lawrence |
Mission Critical How do firms translate fiduciary concepts into their day-to-day operations?  |
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.  |
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 Planning September 1, 2008 Blaine Aikin |
New Disclosure Regimen Planners are facing considerable competition from brokers in the arena of retirement plans, and the reality that brokers typically don't work as fiduciaries is a thorn in planners' sides.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Harold Evensky |
Clients First It is imperative that an honest, universal fiduciary standard incorporate basic principles designed to protect clients -- not brokers, advisors, or their employers.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Donald B. Trone |
Fiduciary Facts Separating fact from fiction for the fiduciary standard Obama has recommended applying to all advisors providing investment advice.  |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Defining Fiduciary What is a financial advisor's true fiduciary duty?  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 |
Responsibility Issues When is a broker or a financial planner a fiduciary?  |
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.  |
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Bo Bohanan |
Do You Really Want To Be A 401(k) Consultant? It is fairly easy to spot the advantages and opportunities of working in this marketplace. But, not all of the pitfalls are as evident.  |
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.  |
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?  |
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 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 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 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. 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 Advisor September 2012 Jeff Schlegel |
Not Making The Grade Financial advisors aren't as fiduciary as they should be, a new survey finds.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Deena Katz |
Our Cosmic Glue Competing ideas may pit financial advisors against one another, but a much more powerful force should unite them, which is the desire to serve clients well.  |
Registered Rep. May 28, 2010 Jake Zamansky |
Wall Street Will (Again) Kill The Passage of a Fiduciary Standard While the House financial reform bill includes a fiduciary standard for brokers in limited circumstances, I'm fairly certain history will repeat itself and the provision will mysteriously and entirely disappear when the House and Senate reconcile their respective bills.  |
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 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.  |
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 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.  |
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.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
The Practical Fiduciary The steps required to create a fiduciary practice are similar to those of the financial planning process. Here's how to get started.  |
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 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 Planning September 1, 2006 David Spinar |
Even the Playing Field Congress needs to standardize the regulations for investment advisors and broker-dealers.  |
Financial Advisor February 2011 Roy Diliberto |
A Good Business Model The fiduciary standard is essential for financial planning to be embraced as a profession, yet examples abound of advisors who ignore it.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Harold Evensky |
The New 'F' Word A new group would irrefutably link the concept of "fiduciary" to financial advice.  |
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.  |
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 Advisor May 2006 Andrew Gluck |
New Rule Causes Software Schizophrenia New financial software programs for advisors reflect the difference between fiduciary and suitability requirements.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
Step One: Analyze Regardless of when a fiduciary standard is implemented and whichever group is assigned to monitor it, one thing is certain: You will need to build an investment management process that meets a higher standard of care.  |
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 |
Fiduciary First of All Letters to the editor: Doing the Fiduciary Wiggle... Corrections... etc.  |
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  |
On Wall Street January 1, 2011 Steve Garmhausen |
DOL: Advice Rules To Get Tougher The Department of Labor is poised to toughen rules for consultants and advisors that serve retirement plans, as past industry practices have fallen under new scrutiny.  |
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.  |