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Kevin Keller: We do not want to be a regulator. Our role is setting standards, and our role is most appropriate as it is.

(Updated) What’s behind the CFP Board’s big fee increase

'Category-killer' is in the eviable position of controlling a mark that many advisors think is essential

April 14, 2011 at 1:14 PM

Mercer Bullard: "If the CFP Board, the Financial Planning Association or the Investment Adviser Association finally get their act together, they might want to get involved."

Mississippi lawyer Mercer Bullard volunteers to form an RIA SRO and nobody's laughing it off

IAA won't join forces; annual cost to run an SRO could top $150 million

March 10, 2011 at 5:37 AM

Chuck Moran, of the CFB Board of Standards board of directors: “We were looking for a more definitive recognition of financial planning."

GAO study puts insurance agents up for scrutiny as it rejects idea of sweeping RIAs, b-ds, planners into one regulatory pool

A disappointment to those advocating for a financial planning profession, the study details the hodgepodge of regulation without recommending major changes

January 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM

Skip Schweiss: "I had in mind that some organization that is familiar with the fiduciary standard practiced by RIAs would set the standards, then perhaps an organization like FINRA could lend its examination expertise/process/infrastructure."

Advisory factions steel for end game as SEC's verdict on FINRA SRO comes down

As action moves to Congress, a flurry of meetings and Schwab's appearance

January 14, 2011 at 3:05 PM

David Tittsworth: I feel alone out there a lot of the time.

Testy words pass between advisors and regulatory panelists at MarketCounsel conference

RIAs are shocked by how bad things have gotten in Washington

November 19, 2010 at 7:30 AM

Ready to blog after uploading podcasts: Chris Hall (left) coaches students Kimberly Curtis, CFP, and Gary Klaben, ChFC, at FPA pre-conference Web 2.0 Boot Camp.
October 12, 2010 at 5:48 AM

Marv Tuttle: Some of our members haven't liked our positions.

The industry's largest association has plenty at stake at its annual conference this weekend

After a trying two years in which it lost a chunk of its membership and angered others with unpopular stands, FPA is reminding advisors of its benefits

October 6, 2010 at 4:28 AM

Robert Glovsky: Advisors should be realistic about whether their clients’ can meet their goals.
September 10, 2010 at 4:18 AM

Summer's last gasp: Advocates for advisors and broker-dealers were putting in long days to prepare comments on the fiduciary standard to send to the SEC's Mary Schapiro and the other commissioners.

Old foes in the fiduciary debate join new battle to sway SEC's six-month study

Advocates were working down to the wire to submit comments by the end of yesterday

August 31, 2010 at 5:31 AM

Sen. Herb Kohl is taking on brokers, life insurers with amendment to regulate financial planners.

Revised amendment aims to heal breaches in advisor community

New oversight for financial planners may be tougher for Senators to vote against because it is seen as pro-consumer

March 19, 2010 at 7:32 PM

Sen. Herb Kohl favors disclosure by planners of conflicts of interest and compensation.

Proposal would sweep RIAs, planners, brokers into one huge regulatory pool (Updated)

New board promoting the fiduciary standard would oversee 75,000

March 10, 2010 at 9:46 AM

Lyle Sussman: "I am troubled by the disconnect between the (client's) need and yet the (financial advisor's) lack of training."

Financial advisors cross the CFP's ethical line when they play pychotherapist, study says

Questions are raised about whether advisors have enough training

October 1, 2009 at 3:52 AM

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