Inside Information - The Profession

PLAN B

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:50:13 -0500

It's time to consider an alternative SRO in case Congress grants FINRA's regulatory desires. As it happens, we already have something to work with.
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Cost-Benefit Regulation

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:13:37 -0500

The Financial Planning Coalition and Investment Advisers Association have issued a devastating analysis of the cost of FINRA regulation compared with the SEC. But also notice the SEC's remarkable lack of staff productivity.
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The Man Who Owns Financial Planning

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:18:00 -0400

David Loeper and his companies have been granted two patents on some processes which might look an awful lot like what you do as a matter of professional routine.
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COMING SOON TO A LOCATION NEAR YOU

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:40:52 -0400

Schwab's new Independent Branch Services division will begin opening up new offices all over the country--staffed by advisors and breakaway brokers.
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Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Excesses

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:25:43 -0400

An author and former Wall Streeter offers his take on how to clean up the brokerage business
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Three Problems In Search of a Solution

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:43:46 -0400

A Washington insider talks about the major problems that your politicians are not addressing effectively.
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Bailout Prevention Therapy

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:42:07 -0400

What can we do to prevent another 2008?
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Rethinking Everything

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:09:28 -0400

Rekon Intelligence is reinventing the whole idea of exhibit halls and creating a new interface between advisors and the companies that work with them.
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The SEC's Long-Awaited Regulatory Harmonization Report to Congress

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:20:37 -0500

Here's a detailed review of the SEC's view on how broker-dealer and RIA registration should be harmonized, and the fiduciary standard applied in the profession at large.
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Specialty Planning

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:50:02 -0500

The CPA/PFS designation represents an alternative to the CFP. Is it also a challenge?
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The Levels of Delegation

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:23:09 -0500

ActiFi has created a way make the whole confusing process of delegation clear and simple.
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Marketing the Mark

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:06:35 -0400

You'll have to decide for yourself whether the CFP Board has adequately thought through its proposed new marketing campaign, and whether the additional cost would be money well-spent.
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Bob Veres E-Column: The Fiduciary Acquisition Model

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:10:27 -0400

If you're looking for more scale in your advisory practice, this may be the best news you'll hear all year.
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Fiscal Fixes

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:14:07 -0400

The former U.S. Treasury Secretary describes our current fiscal mess, and then offers some nontraditional solutions.
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What Might Have Been

nospam@example.com (Admin) — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:58:00 -0400

The CEO of Fiduciary 360 offers a look at what the next SEC study on regulatory reform might, if its researchers were motivated, find and conclude about our dysfunctional industry.
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