Remove Ethics Remove Fee Only Remove Government Remove Investment Advisor
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Monkeys Go Home

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Doctors, lawyers and accountants have all achieved government recognition of their professional status. Yes, there are regulatory requirements to register as an investment advisor. Currently there are no minimum standards for competency or ethics for those professing to be financial planners. So what will this look like?

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

Sara Grillo

What are the changes in Colorado investment advisor regulations regarding financial planning? There is an emphasis on logical and clear disclosure of services and their related fees. Specific examples: Educating financial advisors of all business models (AUM, fee only, commission, etc.)

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

Sara Grillo

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. Salaske: Right, now. You don’t know that right now, what they’re doing basically… We don’t know what their process is.

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