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• What Lack of SEC Funding Means for Dodd-Frank, SRO Likelihood

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2010

  The Republican agenda of defunding Dodd-Frank looks to be coming to fruition, as the SEC fails to get a funding boost in the current federal fiscal year. That lack of funding may well increase chances of an advisor SRO.

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  Advisory Industry: SIFMA Fiduciary Study Raises Lots of Questions

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 2, 2010

  The advisory industry is taking issue with a new study commissioned by SIFMA that says retail investors will be harmed if the uniform fiduciary standard that the SEC is currently creating does not recognize different business models.

• At FPA Denver, Defining Advisor Value and Rebuilding Trust

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 10, 2010

  An all-star panel of industry personalities gathered at the FPA annual conference on Sunday for a frank discussion of how new fiduciary standards might impact the advisor industry and day-to-day business.

• Financial Reform Bill and the Fiduciary Standard for Brokers

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  July 15, 2010

  As the language in the financial services reform bill, which the Senate passed, 60-39, on Thursday, July 15, gets parsed, rumors still abound about how it all will affect financial services firms, regulators and investors.

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  Financial Reform Bill and the Fiduciary Standard for Brokers

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  July 15, 2010

  Financial advisors don't have to give advice, but for those who do, there's no need to be afraid of fiduciary duty to clients.

• With Reform Bill, the Fiduciary Process Evolves

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2010

  On the heels of the June 25 final wording for financial reform legislation, the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies (FFS), unveiled an "evolved" fiduciary process and a new president, Louis S. Harvey.

• The Fiduciary Process Evolves

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2010

  Foundation for Fiduciary Studies unveils evolved fiduciary process.

• Stephen Covey Opens Independent Fiduciary Symposium Emphasizing Trust

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  May 26, 2010

  It was a refreshing change to see Stephen Covey speak in an intimate setting in a room with about 45 people as he kicked off the Independent Fiduciary Symposium on Tuesday, May 25.

• Independent Fiduciary Symposium Keynote Stephen Covey Talks Trust

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  May 26, 2010

  Setting at Museum of American Finance almost steals the show.

• Thirty for Thirty

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2010

  We present for your consideration 30 individuals who over the past 30 years--the period in which Investment Advisor has been serving independent and independent-minded advisors--have...