Inside Information

MARCH 29, 2023

I wrote the very first tech survey when Barry Vinocur, then editor of Investment Advisor magazine, discovered that I was keeping a running spreadsheet of the various tech solutions in the 1990s—because so many people were asking me about this or that program. Real advisors didn’t need that fancy stuff.

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Medicine Financial Planner Financial Planning License 40

Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

He is a flat fee advisor; not a licensed insurance agent. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. Macchia mentions that there are firms that have sprung up offering no load products, products that report into your portfolio management system, wrap-able products, etc.

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Insurance Retirement Financial Advisor License 59

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I do believe it should be different regulated differently from portfolio management, which is the typical definition of the registered investment advisor, but that it shouldn’t be the CFP Board that is controlling the regulatory environment for financial planners.

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