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Investment Advisor November 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Conversation Obligation Involving the client in retirement planning helps grow advisors' business.
Financial Advisor August 2010 Roy Diliberto	An Elusive Profession Work still needs to be done so that clients, regulators and the media view and understand us for what we -- financial planners -- are.
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Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 John Churchill	60 Seconds with...Nick Nicolette (FPA President, 2007) An interview with the Sterling Financial Planning principal and new president of the Financial Planning Association.
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Investment Advisor August 2005 James A. Barnash	Train the Young, Build an Industry The Financial Planning Association's president argues for more mentorship in the industry.
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Investment Advisor January 2006 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Two Steps Back? Just when FPA is moving into high gear, some of its rhetoric sounds suspiciously retro.
Investment Advisor May 2006 Angie Herbers	The Fast Track: Ulterior Motives What young financial planners need is the opportunity to discuss their ideas, challenges, frustrations, and goals with someone who is willing to listen.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Angela Herbers	The Fast Track: Glory Days Financial planners need to decide whether they want stardom or the benefits of a growing firm.
Investment Advisor October 2007 K. McBride & K. Stapleton	Birds of a Feather More than ever, the professional associations that cater to financial planners and advisors are having a meaningful impact outside the planning community itself, among consumers, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill.
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Investment Advisor September 2006 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Board to Death: Reloaded Think the Certified Financial Planner Board had gone mainstream? Think again. Here's a recap of Board CEO Sarah Teslik's recent off-the-wall comments.
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Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell	Advice to the SEC When it comes to the fiduciary standard, Capital Analysts President and CEO Matt Lynch says advisors "want to be sure the SEC seeks and gathers input from the industry as to how to implement these important changes."
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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Investment Advisor December 2005 Kathleen M. McBride	The History of Financial Planning It's been a rocky ride for planners over 25 years. Financial planning today has become less associated with any product or investment type at all and far more associated -- as it should be -- with individual investor planning and investor needs.
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Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Andrew Osterland	Brokering Advice The essential difference between brokers and registered advisors, say financial planners, is fiduciary duty. The notion that b/ds have a lighter burden of regulation than registered advisors, however, is something the securities industry vigorously disputes.
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