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Financial Advisor November 2003 Evan Simonoff |
Contest For The Financial Planning Association's Soul Is the Institute of Certified Financial Planners's agenda for the new association (the product of a merger between the ICFP and the International Association for Financial Planning) winning?  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Andrew Gluck |
Members Only Good intentions and strict rules may have backfired for the Financial Planning Association at a time of change.  |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Two Steps Back? Just when FPA is moving into high gear, some of its rhetoric sounds suspiciously retro.  |
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?  |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Andrew Gluck |
Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance.  |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Will Leitch |
The Acrimony Over Acronyms Faced with a full hand of acronyms to describe their various certifications and designations, brokers are showing them off, confusing clients. For this reason, the notion of a universal designation -- akin to the CPA in the accounting profession -- is gaining momentum.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 John Churchill |
60 Seconds with...Nick Nicolette (FPA President, 2007) An interview with the Sterling Financial Planning principal and new president of the Financial Planning Association.  |
Financial Advisor December 2005 |
Frontline News Fee-Only Practices Are The Most Profitable... FOLIOfn Subsidiary Launches Proxy Compliance Service... Advisors Got Wealthier, And Happier, In 2004, Says Survey... FPA Names Nicolette 2006 President-Elect... etc.  |
Financial Advisor November 2012 Karen DeMasters |
FPA Membership Slide Stabilizes A free fall in the Financial Planning Association's membership over the last few years has stabilized, and the organization's new leaders say they're hopeful a turnaround is in the offing.  |
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 December 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
The History of Financial Planning It's been a rocky ride for planners over 25 years. Financial planning today has become less associated with any product or investment type at all and far more associated -- as it should be -- with individual investor planning and investor needs.  |
Registered Rep. September 13, 2004 John Churchill |
A Broker or An Advisor? A hot topic among the financial planning community as financial planners continue to try to define and bolster themselves as a profession: fiduciary status. Of particular concern is the "broker-dealer exemption rule" to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  |
Registered Rep. March 9, 2007 Christina Mucciolo |
What's In a Name? If You Are a Fiduciary, a Lot. But Are CFP Certificants Fiduciaries? Financial planners who hold the Certified Financial Planning designation have been tussling with the CFP Board, which controls the CFP designation, over the designation's ethical standards.  |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Evan Simonoff |
Challenges Confront FPA Editor's Note: Like many associations, the FPA is not doomed, but it needs to rethink its value proposition.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2013 Ann Marsh |
New Risks For Advisors? A recent CFP Board sanction highlights the challenge for planners in identifying where they stand amid the range of compensation models.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Bob Veres |
Things I Just Don't Understand Is there any profession, anywhere, that's raised its own standards voluntarily, identified and reduced its own conflicts of interest voluntarily and lobbied harder on behalf of consumer protections than the financial planning profession over the past 30 years?  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2005 |
Movers & Shakers 2005 Who is showing the way in the financial planning profession? Here are nine leaders, as determined by votes from readers, judges, and editors of Financial Planning. Guy Cumbie... Roy Diliberto... Elizabeth Jetton... 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 February 2005 |
Frontline News Financial Planning Association Dismissive Of SEC Action On Broker Exemption... Brokerages, Funds Await New Regulations... Pape Says Certified Financial Planner Board Will Focus On Accountability... etc.  |
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 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.  |
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 Planning November 1, 2006 Daniel B. Moisand |
Keep Standards High Financial planning is surprisingly under-regulated. The rules that do exist apply primarily to subset disciplines. As a result, all planners are regulated but no one really regulates planning.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor March 2004 Gregory Bresiger |
One Financial Advisor's Journey The kaleidoscopic career of Charles Hughes  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor May 2007 |
Frontline News Don't Party Like It's 1999... CFP Board Moving Headquarters... Advisors Settle Multimillion Lawsuits... FPA's New Fiduciary Standard For All Planners... Mesirow Advisors Become RIAs...  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 David E. Adler |
The ABCs of Planner Titles Do you know your REBC from your CEBS, your CIMA from your CMA, and your PFS from your RFC?  |
Financial Advisor April 2008 David Drucker |
Why Aren't We There Yet? When asked about financial planning as a profession, most advisors get introspective with observations like, "I don't know if our industry is a profession yet, but I know I'm a professional." When will financial become a true profession?  |
Financial Advisor April 2004 |
Royal Alliance Ups Ante For OSJs Advisor Group Says Come One, Come All...
Securities America Tests New Transition Options... Award Established To Honor Viragh... etc.  |
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.  |
Investment Advisor January 2006 |
Letters: Standards v. Membership Readers respond: While FPA is willing, even anxious to find common ground, FPA simply will not compromise its values or the profession's standards... Thanks for the Memories... etc.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor July 2007 Richard B. Wagner |
Now What? With FPA's win in its lawsuit against the SEC, financial advisors need to reflect on what that means for the profession.  |
Investment Advisor December 2006 Dan Moisand |
Accentuate the Positive The president of the Financial Planning Association points out some positive things done by the CFP Board.  |
Financial Advisor June 2004 |
Letters To The Editor Advisors Should Evaluate Annuities... Clearing Up Confusion...  |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Professional Courtesy Can financial planners become professionals? After the first 25 years, the jury's still out.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 |
Movers & Shakers 2007 These eight leaders are shaping the future of the financial planning industry. Ben Coombs, industry founder and founder of Petra Financial Advisors... Aaron Coates, partner, CIO, CCO, Compass Wealth Advisors... etc.  |
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 January 2005 Eva Marer |
Progress In The Profession Margaret Chow Stanner is one of the women who blazed a trail in the financial advisory field that others are now following.  |
Financial Advisor July 2005 |
Letters to the Editor A Disservice Was Done... The Future Of Advice... CPA Planners Offer Experience...  |
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?  |
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 September 1, 2006 David Spinar |
Even the Playing Field Congress needs to standardize the regulations for investment advisors and broker-dealers.  |
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 May 1, 2005 Ed McCarthy |
Making the Switch As advisers shift from a commission-based model to a fee-based one, how are their practices handling the change?  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 James A. Barnash |
Why We're Suing The FPA president explains the lawsuit over the SEC's broker-dealer rule that exempted certain broker-dealers from disclosure standards that apply to investment advisers and most financial planners.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell |
Staffing: The Next Generation Early in the life cycle of a financial planning firm, once it grows beyond a few seasoned principals, comes the day you hire your first new young associate planner. It's an important step for your firm, and for the profession.  |