Financial Planning Coalition

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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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  Why the CFP Board’s Proposal to Offer CE Is Wrong

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  May 17, 2013

  In the first in a series of posts on the CFP Board’s proposal, an argument (from planners themselves) as to why it’s not a good idea and a look at the current, somewhat woeful, state of continuing education for CFPs.

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  FPA Makes Two Big Pushes in Washington

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2013

  The FPA is “well under way” in putting its advocacy infrastructure in place, FPA President Michael Branham told AdvisorOne in an interview Thursday.

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  Good News, Bad News: Findings of the Financial Planning Coalition Survey

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  March 27, 2013

  The findings of the Coalition survey of investors suggest some troubling undercurrents that the profession and the media should address.

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  NASAA to Push SEC User Fees, ‘Stay On Guard’ Against FINRA SRO

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 5, 2013

  Chief among state securities regulators’ legislative agenda this year will be pushing SEC user fees, not a FINRA SRO, to better regulate advisors, NASAA President Heath Abshure said Tuesday.

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  Ketchum’s Big SRO Omission

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 25, 2013

  Richard Ketchum, CEO of FINRA, omitted a crucial detail in a recent interview he gave.

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  FINRA Shifts SRO Fight to Senate, as House Effort Falters

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2013

  With the House unlikely to pursue an SRO bill this year, FINRA has set its sights on the Senate to push a bill that would give FINRA the authority to become the SRO for advisors.

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  Kitces on Top 3 Topics for Advisors in 2013—Topic 1: Fiduciary and SRO

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  January 8, 2013

  First up in an intense year for advisor regulation: movement from the DOL on its fiduciary rule.

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  Three Washington Heavyweights to Drive Advisor Agenda in ’13

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 19, 2012

  Three key Washington heavyweights will have a crucial role in advisors’ lives next year: Elisse Walter, the new SEC chairman; Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the incoming House Financial Services chairman; and Phyllis Borzi, at the DOL’s EBSA.

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  NAPFA’s CFP-Only Stand: A Step in the Wrong Direction

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  December 5, 2012

  A curious move, at a curious time, for purportedly, a curious reason, that is also a slap in the face to CPAs with the PFS credential.