Dan Barry

• Long-Term Progress Reported by Financial Planning Coalition

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2010

  Speaking in San Antonio on April 23 during the FPA Retreat of the Coalition for Financial Planning's progress in having its voice heard in Washington,...

• At FPA Annual Gathering, Celebration and Resolve

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2009

  At its annual gathering, the Financial Planning Association celebrated the 40th anniversary of the founding of the profession, complete with a new history of the...

• FPA's Barry Is Optimistic

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2009

  "If we ask for a meeting, we get a meeting," says Dan Barry, the Financial Planning Association's director of government relations, in discussing the largest...

• FPA Advocacy Efforts Bearing Fruit in Congress

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  October 12, 2009

  Group's government relations director optimistic about getting its voice heard

• Mightier Than The Sword

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2009

  If we needed any more proof of the power of the language, I present as Exhibit A the townhall meetings on healthcare reform. Full of...

• Danger & Opportunity: Consumers Take Center Stage of Reform Debate

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2009

  Financial services reform continues to unfold, with two pieces of legislation being sent to Capitol Hill in July aimed at protecting investors--the first establishing a...

• Consumer Agency Would Oversee Advisors

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 1, 2009

  FPA wonders how proposed agency would affect Coalition's professional oversight body plans

• FPA Supports Federal Oversight of Indexed Annuities

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 11, 2008

  As the comment period on the SEC's proposal to regulate indexed annuities as securities under the Securities Act of 1933 came to a close on September 10, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) told the SEC it supports federal regulation of indexed annuities.