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A congressman, an engineer, an airline pilot and a court reporter walk into a fiduciary conference...

Sep 18, 2014

TD Ameritrade pulls off amazing Summit in DC that reveals rot to the core of SEC, FINRA and ERISA system

A consumer panel sobered the crowd off the bat with war stories and then Ron Rhoades, Mercer Bullard, David Tittsworth, Sheryl Garrett, Tom Nally, Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis and others pulled no punches

Skip Schweiss in front of the Nevada Falls: The plan was to go out in waves .... We almost needed an algorithm to figure it all out.

Jul 18, 2014

How a band of advisor-execs scaled 5,000 sunless feet to the summit of the Half Dome -- and the lessons the exploit yields for growing RIAs

Advisors donned headlamps, assuming considerable risk effecting the nighttime ascent in Yosemite -- including an encounter with a mama bear

Ron Carson: If you are on a growth path, then you need to get to $1 billion in AUM.

Jun 12, 2014

TD Ameritrade hosts a posh 'billion-dollar club' summit at a seaside Ritz Carlton

With 190 cosseted advisors representing $215 billion of AUM, Fred Tomczyk laid out the bucks for Ben Bernanke and more

Brock Moseley: I think what we're trying to do is more than just sell something.

Jun 4, 2014

Schwab snares its first clients for ETF-only 401(k)s as one of its 401(k)-focused RIAs defects to TD Ameritrade

Miracle Mile and Schwab both have their eyes on the same value-proposition prize -- just not with each other anymore

Phyllis Borzi: We're troubled by this and employers are having a hard time finding the documents they're looking for.

Mar 11, 2014

Phyllis Borzi tightens the noose on 401(k) providers that flout DOL disclosure, not without critics

The idea is to have a de facto big red arrow pointing to key disclosures on revenue sharing but it'll add to the verbiage surplus

Steve Anderson: None of the consultants are utilizing our business model.

Feb 18, 2014

Schwab 'fesses up to Wall Street just how hard winning plan sponsors to its 401(k) ETF platform will be

Convincing plan sponsors and pension consultants to join a ETF paradigm shift to ETFs is a big ask, its executives tell Wall Street

Lauren Schadle: We need to go back to our roots with a laser-like focus for why FPA was created in the first place -- and that is to support the CFP professional.

Oct 22, 2013

Lauren Schadle shows mettle as FPA stakes out turf in skirmish with CFP Board at its national conference in Orlando

Despite a no-show Phyllis Borzi, the FPA Experience was a substance-filled event in which the organization sought to redefine and reclaim its soul

Oct 17, 2013

How the future of the 401(k) industry may hinge on the outcome of a lawsuit brought by Fidelity employees against their own company

The legal case is built on a Fidelity-only funds menu but the Boston 401(k) king intends to show these participating employees got a sweet, fair deal that went beyond DOL mandates

Chip Roame: The problem is, the people with the debt aren't the same people who have the assets, so per capita we're very overleveraged.

Oct 9, 2013

Chip takes a 90-minute rip at wealth management at the Tiburon CEO Summit

The event's name oozes self-importance until Roame takes the stage and blasts everybody, himself included

Ron Rhoades: Shouldn't the phrase: 'member, FINRA' be viewed like the warnings on cigarette packages -- i.e., as a consumer warning sign?

Jul 17, 2013

FINRA's scandalous litany of failures and its efforts to redefine the true fiduciary standard out of existence

Our one-man think tank continues his scathing indictment of the SRO's disingenuous and downright fraudulent practices

Scott MacKillop, Frank Trotter and Alex Potts on the high-risk, 18-hour rim-to-river-to-rim hike

Jul 3, 2013

RIA leaders venture to Grand Canyon to get beneath Earth's surface -- and their own

Business bound these execs and advisors on a self-inflicted adventure, but their bonds were tested on a deeper level

Before the lights went out: A consumer panel says what it knows about what it doesn't.

Jun 17, 2013

TD throws its first client-best-interest summit, a micro-event, by 'candlelight' in Palm Beach and ideas rise from the RIA deeps

As members of a consumer panel bitch creatively, fed up advisors dig deep for ideas that depend less on DC vicissitudes and more on RIA will and unity

Tom Nally and Fred Tomczyk put their heads together before the opening session.

Jun 14, 2013

TD Ameritrade Institutional Elite Summit boasts big firms, big ideas and a defiance of the weather

A combined $133 billion AUM of advisors -- made up of 133 advisors -- made for rareified, if highly humid air in Palm Beach

Barney Frank (r.) with TD's Skip Schweiss: We can’t confuse people who are already confused.

Jun 13, 2013

Barney Frank puzzles crowd on his fiduciary stance at TD summit -- as questions from Skip Schweiss and advisors expose his haziness on the RIA structure and soul

The namesake of the Dodd-Frank bill seems to buy into a suitability approach as a gold standard for financial advice

Skip Schweiss: This bill is the best path we've seen thus far.

Apr 22, 2013

An advisor fee bill hits Congress again, this time gaining qualified support from RIA groups

Rep. Maxine Waters' bill, which would require fees from advisors for the SEC, is unlikely to pass, but groups say it will push off FINRA efforts for now

Skip Schweiss

Articles tagged "Skip Schweiss"

TD Ameritrade pulls off amazing Summit in DC that reveals rot to the core of SEC, FINRA and ERISA system

How a band of advisor-execs scaled 5,000 sunless feet to the summit of the Half Dome -- and the lessons the exploit yields for growing RIAs

TD Ameritrade hosts a posh 'billion-dollar club' summit at a seaside Ritz Carlton

Schwab snares its first clients for ETF-only 401(k)s as one of its 401(k)-focused RIAs defects to TD Ameritrade

Phyllis Borzi tightens the noose on 401(k) providers that flout DOL disclosure, not without critics

Schwab 'fesses up to Wall Street just how hard winning plan sponsors to its 401(k) ETF platform will be

Lauren Schadle shows mettle as FPA stakes out turf in skirmish with CFP Board at its national conference in Orlando

How the future of the 401(k) industry may hinge on the outcome of a lawsuit brought by Fidelity employees against their own company

Chip takes a 90-minute rip at wealth management at the Tiburon CEO Summit

FINRA's scandalous litany of failures and its efforts to redefine the true fiduciary standard out of existence

RIA leaders venture to Grand Canyon to get beneath Earth's surface -- and their own

TD throws its first client-best-interest summit, a micro-event, by 'candlelight' in Palm Beach and ideas rise from the RIA deeps

TD Ameritrade Institutional Elite Summit boasts big firms, big ideas and a defiance of the weather

Barney Frank puzzles crowd on his fiduciary stance at TD summit -- as questions from Skip Schweiss and advisors expose his haziness on the RIA structure and soul

An advisor fee bill hits Congress again, this time gaining qualified support from RIA groups

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