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Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 John Churchill	Of Two Minds An internecine argument at the FPA gets to the heart of one of the industry's more vexing problems: Should brokers be able to position themselves as financial planners?
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Financial Advisor February 2007 Roy Dilberto	Establishing Trust In Financial Planning For large wirehouses, they need to understand that business is not leaving them and being transferred to independent advisors because of the fee structure. It is because most of these people are registered as investment advisors and follow the spirit as well as the letter of the fiduciary relationship.
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Investment Advisor December 2006 Dan Moisand	Accentuate the Positive The president of the Financial Planning Association points out some positive things done by the CFP Board.
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Investment Advisor April 2007 John K. Ritter	The CFP Board's Giant Step Forward Presented with an opportunity to help shape the industry into a true profession, the CFP Board of Standards did the right thing and mandated a fiduciary standard for all who provide financial planning services, or any of the material elements of a financial plan.
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Financial Advisor November 2005 Richard B. Wagner	It's a Heart Thing... Obviously, our craft is important. As financial advisors, we have significance because we help other people have better lives, and we help them and our society work with the money forces.
Financial Advisor November 2005 Fazzi & Simonoff	Rocky Mountain Why? After a year's worth of changes that has seen it's staff cut by 60% and many of its core operations put under intense scrutiny, it's safe to say the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is in the midst of remaking itself.
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Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Harold Evensky	The New 'F' Word A new group would irrefutably link the concept of "fiduciary" to financial advice.
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Financial Advisor February 2011 Roy Diliberto	A Good Business Model The fiduciary standard is essential for financial planning to be embraced as a profession, yet examples abound of advisors who ignore it.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2004 John Churchill	A Broker or An Advisor? A hot topic among the financial planning community as financial planners continue to try to define and bolster themselves as a profession: fiduciary status. Of particular concern is the "broker-dealer exemption rule" to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
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Financial Advisor December 2006 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note - Beginning All Over Again The departure of CFP Board CEO Sarah Teslik provides the third opportunity in the last six years for a new beginning. Unfortunately, the real problem is why any organization would go through three new beginnings in six years.