CFP Board

After more than three-and-a-half years at the helm, Mary Jo White made incremental moves to expand advisor exams, but did not move on structural reform or implement a uniform fiduciary standard, as many advocates had hoped.

While a federal court allowed the organization to file a brief saying it upheld fiduciary values, it should not be providing expert opinions, writes the founder of a fiduciary consulting firm.

New guidance from the Department of Labor provides conditions under which firms can offer bonuses and other compensation incentives.

One of the sanctioned advisers has 26 disclosure events listed on his FINRA BrokerCheck record while remaining in good standing with Ameriprise.

The long-running battle by two CFPs against the board comes to an abrupt end.

These certificants are multiplying — and so is their revenue.

The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard says the SEC and CFP Board have failed to define true client-first service. It aims to fill that gap with a new list.

The public has a right to review the board’s documents, husband-and-wife planners Jeffrey and Kimberly Camarda say.

Decision expected in appeal of case brought by advisers the board says called themselves fee-only inappropriately.

These investment advisories paid the price for passing along performance data faked by a third-party manager.