Consumer Federation of America

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  AdvisorOne’s Best Comments: Goldfarb, Fiduciary, Referrals

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  June 18, 2013

  Our regular collection of some of the most recent—and most thought-provoking—comments made by readers on AdvisorOne.

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  What a Pretzel Entrepreneur, a Navy Widow and an Ex-Rep All Need From Their Advisors

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 14, 2013

  A consumer panel moderated by Barbara Roper at TDAI's fiduciary summit featured three situations requiring top-notch financial advice. Did the panelists receive it?

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  Historic Moment as Planner Groups Voice Clear Support for Fiduciary Standard

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  June 6, 2013

  In a letter to the SEC, the FInancial Planning Coalition and consumer groups make a cogent argument for why the SEC should impose the same standard for all advice givers.

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  Don’t Flub Fiduciary Rule, Groups Urge SEC

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 5, 2013

  A broad group of organizations fears the SEC is headed toward proposing a watered-down fiduciary rule.

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  House Passes SEC Cost-Benefit Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Planning groups are at odds over a bill that passed the House on Friday requiring the SEC to conduct more rigorous cost-benefit analyses before making rules.

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  House Bill to Require SEC, DOL Fiduciary Collaboration

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  But SEC’s Mary Jo White maintains SEC and DOL are "two different agencies"; says more exam "coverage" is needed for advisors.

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  Who Pays the Bill for Terrorism?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2013

  Beyond the unfathomable evil perpetrated on April 15 in Boston—human losses that can never be measured—come the more mundane, quantifiable aspects of the mayhem of which the Tsarnaev brothers are suspected.

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  White Pledges to Weigh Cost of Fiduciary Rule as Ketchum Revives SRO Fight

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2013

  Just as incoming Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairwoman Mary Jo White has pledged to lawmakers that she would carefully weigh the costs of a fiduciary rulemaking, Richard Ketchum, CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is renewing his call for a self-regulatory organization to oversee advisors.

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  White Gets Senate Banking Nod to Be Next SEC Chief

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2013

  Her nomination now goes to the full Senate, where it is expected to meet little resistance.

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  Halfway There: 50% of Americans Need Better Savings Habits

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 26, 2013

  Americans are split pretty evenly into good savers and bad savers, according to a national survey released as part of America Saves Week.