Ron Rhoades

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  Why I Feel Torn Over the CFP Board's Treatment of Goldfarb

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  June 19, 2013

  Now that the CFP Board has released details about its actions against former Chairman Alan Goldfarb, I better understand its reasoning. In this case, though, should justice have been tempered with mercy?

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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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  Fixing the Student Loan Crisis

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 28, 2013

  I’m lucky. Unlike so many college students, I didn’t take out any student loans.

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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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  NAPFA Elects Linda Leitz as National Chairwoman

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 19, 2013

  NAPFA tapped Leitz earlier than usual in the group's election cycle to add "continuity of leadership" as the group brings on a new CEO later in 2013.

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  FINRA Up to Its Old Tricks With SRO Strategy Shift

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  February 12, 2013

  FINRA's apparent strategic shift over an SRO for advisors to the Senate is the latest in a series of moves it's made over the decades to protect the brokerage model.

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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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  Fiscal Cliff Deal: ‘A Missed Opportunity’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  While the fiscal cliff deal that was approved by the House and Senate on Jan. 1 was good news in that it sent the markets soaring and includes some changes that make financial planning easier, critics of the deal say that it fails to remedy the fiscal challenges that lie...

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  Emboldened Borzi Is Back

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  Bolstered by another four years in her position under a re-elected Obama administration, Phyllis Borzi is adamant that EBSA’s fiduciary rule will see the light of day this year.

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2013

  The fiscal cliff deal that was approved by Congress sent the markets soaring Wednesday, but lawmakers and industry officials were quick to weigh in with their opinions—positive and negative—on the deal.