FPA Outsources Pro Bono Work to Foundation for Financial Planning
By Joyce HansonThe FPAs new executive director and CEO, Lauren Schadle, said the board was committed to finding increased efficiencies within the organization.
April 19, 2013
Strategies to Improve CE Credit: More Is BetterThe more CE required, the more demand there is for CE credit, and the more providers willing to try to craft quality CE credit.
April 19, 2013
Rep. Waters Reintroduces SEC User Fees BillRep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., on Friday made another go at allowing the SEC to collect user fees to fund advisor exams.
April 17, 2013
5 New Findings of the fi360-AdvisorOne Fiduciary Survey for 2013For the third year, fi360 and AdvisorOne have joined forces to survey attitudes of financial advisors of all types on the fiduciary standard.
April 17, 2013
BNY Mellon Profits Drop, but Pershing Clearing Helps Offset LossesPershing's clearing services revenue helped offset the Bank of New York Mellon's Q1 losses stemming from a foreign tax credit fight.
April 17, 2013
Congress Must Fix Advisor Exams Now: SEC’s WalterThe switching of advisors from SEC to state oversight under the Dodd-Frank Act is not the final answer to ensuring advisors are adequately examined, SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter told state securities regulators.
April 17, 2013
Strategies for CFP Board to Improve Continuing Education CreditIt's no secret that the current state of CFP CE credit is a sorry affair. But the CFP Board, as the keeper of the CFP marks, wields a great deal of power to change the system for the better.
April 16, 2013
Advisors Cope With Boston Bombing’s AftermathIf ever there was a teachable moment on behavioral finance and emotional investing, Mondays horrific events at the Boston Marathon might have been it.