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Top Compliance Challenges Financial Advisors Face

BlueMind

Bear in mind the standards that a Registered Investment Advisor is held accountable to and a broker-dealer is, are different. Now, “over-the-counter” trades have become increasingly popular with the emergence of digitization and remote communication. The Increasing Costs Of Maintaining Compliance Standards To quote former U.S.

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Financial planning transparency is FINALLY upon us (whoo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Sara Grillo

We’ll cover: What does it mean for financial planning to be transparent? What are the changes in Colorado investment advisor regulations regarding financial planning? What is happening in other states regarding reform of financial planning regulation, and why we expect these changes to become more widespread.

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Fiduciary Advocate

Inside Information

In Rostad’s view, this is the very disclosure document that could be eliminating investor confusion about the different business models and agendas. “If Yes,” says Rostad. “As I look across the investment advisory world, I don’t see much evidence of individuals remembering that fiduciary is a core differentiator in financial advice.

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

I do believe it should be different regulated differently from portfolio management, which is the typical definition of the registered investment advisor, but that it shouldn’t be the CFP Board that is controlling the regulatory environment for financial planners. Salaske: What is an investment advisor?

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

The Big Picture

So, Brian is not a stranger to me, and we have some shared financial interests, but the reason I wanted to bring him in here is there are few people in the industry who have a better perch by which to look at the world of registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, all of the changes that are taking place in the space.