Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The key point is that even though regulatory bodies have recognized the distinct nature of advice relationships of trust and confidence and applied higher standards of care for such advice relationships in the past, the line between sales and advice has blurred in more recent years.

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Retirement Financial Advisor Insurance Sales 115

Inside Information

OCTOBER 30, 2021

B y now, I’m sure most of you are familiar with the Committee for the Fiduciary Standard—but if not, well, it’s a group of prominent advisors who advocate that anybody who holds out as a financial planner or advisor be held to a strict fiduciary standard. I participate in their discussions, though I’m not formally a member.

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CFP Commission Education Investing 40

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In our debate we will discuss the following questions: The CFP Board harms consumer through its multi-million dollar ad campaigns by suggesting that CFPs are more ethical than non-CFP financial planners and by suggesting that its member standards are higher than those of regulatory agencies. Source: SEC. Source: CFP Board.

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CFP Financial Planner Ethics Financial Planning 80

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Salaske: Yeah, I don’t agree with the CFP Board becoming any type of regulator whatsoever over financial advisors, financial planners, whatever you wanna call us in the advice space. The advertisements that they produce that says that anyone can call themselves a CFP.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 25, 2023

Brian Hamburger has been one of the leading authorities in the world of registered investment advisories, broker-dealers, SEC regulatory compliance. And I would constantly hear them frustrated by the compliance department. HAMBURGER: They were just blaming compliance for everything they couldn’t do. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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