Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the SEC this week fined 4 RIAs for violations of its marketing rule related to their claims that they offered 'conflict-free' financial advice.

Financial Planner 237

Financial Planner Compliance Fee Only Communication 237

The Big Picture

MAY 7, 2024

And she has really managed to accomplish tremendous things, not just at Microsoft, where she ran MSNs advertising and marketing, not just at Yahoo or Pinterest, but even a small startup like Honey, which she was president and sold pretty quickly to PayPal for $4 billion. San Diego State studying journalism and advertising. It was fun.

Startup 144

Startup Advertising Engineering Numbers 144

Inside Information

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The petition notes that the SEC, in response to litigation from the Financial Planning Association back in 2005, had proposed to go further, and require anyone holding themselves out as a “financial planner” or providing “financial planning services,” or delivering a financial plan to their customers, be required to register as an RIA. .

Financial Planner 40

Financial Planner Financial Planning Commission Sales 40

Inside Information

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The argument with the regulators is that the more they require all advisors (including, of course, wirehouse brokers who call themselves ‘advisors’) to behave as fiduciaries, the more likely investors will be to receive advice in their interests, quality investment counsel, low portfolio expenses and fewer conflicts getting in the way.

CFP 40

CFP Commission Education Investing 40

Harness Wealth

JUNE 9, 2023

And while a nearly 10% return on stocks over a 1-year period may seem pretty good on the surface, it quickly erodes to not much more than what a high-yield savings account might advertise. Please note that the following is for informational purposes only and that this is not financial advice.

Financial Planning 52

Financial Planning Planning Financial Planner Wealth Management 52

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The advertisements that they produce that says that anyone can call themselves a CFP. It’s baffling to me because actually, the only people who can really do… [unintelligible] anyone can say they’re a financial planner?

CFP 59

CFP Financial Advisor Financial Planner Ethics 59

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions.

CFP 80

CFP Financial Planner Ethics Financial Planning 80