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Financial Planning April 1, 2012 John K. Ritter	Fight On There is a major fight going on between planners and regulators about how to define and apply a fiduciary standard. Yet despite the high stakes, it seems that few planning professionals have chosen to join in and make their opinions known.
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Larry Light	The Tradeoff Registered investment advisors may end up getting to know a new regulator, but the tougher fiduciary standard they live under will also be extended to cover their broker-dealer rivals.
Financial Advisor March 2011 Evan Simonoff	Seeing Is Almost Believing FINRA CEO, Rick Ketchum, came across as an exceptionally intelligent, well-meaning person with a remarkable understanding of both the securities and investment advisory businesses.
Financial Advisor July 2011 Andrew Gluck	Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance.
Registered Rep. June 17, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	The Fiduciary Battle Continues, Now Under Federal Microscope Among other measures, the Obama administration proposed today that the Securities and Exchange Commission require that broker-dealers offering investment advice be held to the fiduciary standard rather than the suitability standard.
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Financial Advisor June 2012 Jim McConville	Advisor Groups Renew Challenge To Finra's SRO Cost Estimates A coalition of financial advisor industry groups last month resumed its assault on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's cost estimates for creating a self-regulatory organization to review investment advisors.
Registered Rep. June 25, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Regulation, Not Growth, Is Top Concern for RIAs Clients are demanding more of their time, revenues are taking a hit and on top of it all, there's potential for major regulatory changes in their industry.
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 Bob Veres	Regulatory Armaggedon The Republican leadership in Congress has proposed that the SEC authorize one or more self-regulatory organizations to take over regulation of RIAs. This has been coordinated with massive Wall Street lobbying.
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 Bob Clark	The Polar Bears Thawing out our modern black and white thinking could save the fiduciary standard. I don't usually write about politics, except when it has a direct impact on financial advice, and this appears to be one of those times.
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 John F. Wasik	State of Regulation As states take over regulation of RIAs with up to $100 million in assets under management, many firm owners are wondering if the transition will prove difficult.
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Investment Advisor July 2009 Melanie Waddell	Regulatory Reform Angst It's clear that advisors are worried about the impact of regulatory reform measures.
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Financial Advisor March 2011 Jeff Schlegel	Is Uniformity Possible? Broker-dealers expect some changes if a new fiduciary standard is adopted.
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Trone & Harvey	The New Rules of the Road The following four regulatory reforms will likely have the most impact on the financial services industry over the next 24 months. Here's a short synopsis of what they will require.
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Bob Veres	Gold Into Straw In mid-January, the SEC released its "Study on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers" to Congress. Analyzing the study provides an insightful look into how the SEC views the "harmonization" of two different regulatory structures.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Eric Schwartz	B/D or RIA? The Case for the Flexible B/D How independent broker/dealers and advisors can thrive by leveraging the trends of the future.
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Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	FINRA Jockeys for SRO Spot as SEC Report to Congress Nears The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is engaged in a full-court press to convince the SEC that it should be the SRO for advisors.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Regulations Killing the Hybrid Financial Advisor? Some advisors say new compliance and regulatory burdens under Dodd-Frank are making the hybrid model untenable.
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	The 'F' Word Stirs Up Controversy Advisors who fall under the new fiduciary standard, namely investment advisors who run a fee-based business, must always put clients' interests before of their own.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2014 Diana Britton	One Strike, You're Out When it comes to the world of independent broker/dealers, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is cracking down. Its stated 2014 priority is to focus its regulatory firepower on "high-risk" brokers.
Registered Rep. August 19, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Haggling Over The F Word Continues Regulators, consumer advocates and politicians continue to hammer out what it might mean for Series 65 investment advisors and series 7 registered reps to adhere to the new fiduciary standard.
Registered Rep. December 11, 2009 Kristen French	House Passes Regulatory Reform, SRO Up In The Air The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 passed by a narrow margin. But it will still be a long time before the regulatory future for broker/dealers and investment advisers is clear.
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Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Morris Armstrong	Different Look There are enormous legal differences when reviewing the operations and responsibilities of a broker-dealer and a RIA.
Investment Advisor December 21, 2010 James J. Green	FSI Endorses FINRA as SRO for Investment Advisors Dale Brown says FINRA option is "best way to address the regulatory gap."
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Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Daniel B. Moisand	Keep Standards High Financial planning is surprisingly under-regulated. The rules that do exist apply primarily to subset disciplines. As a result, all planners are regulated but no one really regulates planning.