John Taft

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  John Taft: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  For John Taft, head of wealth management at RBC Wealth Management, managing clients’ wealth is part of a higher calling.

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  The 2013 IA 25 Special Report

  By Editorial Staff  |  April 29, 2013

  With the 2013 IA 25, our 13th annual list of the most influential individuals in and around the advisor business, we decided to do something different.

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  Crossing Paths: The 2013 IA 25

  By Editorial Staff  |  April 29, 2013

  With Investment Advisor's 13th annual list of the most influential individuals in and around the advisor business, we decided to do something different.

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  RBC to Help Women Advisors Plan for Their Best Year Ever

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 9, 2012

  The WAFA's theme this year is "plan for your best year ever," says RBC Wealth Management's Mary Zimmer.

• RBC Wealth CEO Taft on Advisor Growth, Regulation

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 26, 2011

  John Taft heads RBC Wealth Management in the United States and recently stepped down as chairman of SIFMA, the financial-services lobbying group. Based in Minneapolis, he has worked in the industry since 1981 and recently spoke with Research about challenges confronting both the industry and the firm he leads.

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  RBC Wealth CEO John Taft on Advisor Growth, Regulation: Weekend Interview

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 2, 2011

  The firm has encouraged advisors with low levels of fees and commissions to depart as it aims for each rep to become a $1 million producer.

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  Top 4 Dodd-Frank Concerns as Law Enters Second Year

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 21, 2011

  For advisors, four issues will take the spotlight as the Dodd-Frank reform bill enters its second year—fiduciary duty, an SRO for advisors, harmonization, and adequate funding for the SEC.

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  SIFMA Dodd-Frank Forum: Execs Surmise Outcome of Fiduciary Rule

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 13, 2011

  July 21 not only marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, but it’s also the date when the SEC will turn its attention to creating a fiduciary duty rule for brokers.

• Clear Thinking

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 1, 2011

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  SIFMA to Play 'Active Role' in Guiding Dodd-Frank Implementation, CEO Ryan Says

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 18, 2011

  2010 was the year that produced Dodd-Frank, but 2011 will be the year when “many of the questions that are outstanding as to how financial services will be changed” will be answered, said Tim Ryan, CEO of SIFMA.