FA News

FPA Announces May VLC Sessions

   The Financial Planning Association has released its May lineup of Virtual Learning Center sessions...

New York FPA Gives Nick Murray Its Award

   The New York chapter of the Financial Planning Association gave its 2007Malcolm S...

Will the Third CFP Board CEO Be the Charm?

   The CFP Board of Standards, which has had trouble keeping CEO's the past several years, is hoping a 20-year veteran of a financial services membership organization will be the...

Rembert and Fox Settle their Lawsuit Averting Trial Seeking Millions in Damages

With the aid of their attorneys, former advisory firm principals Don Rembert and Marjorie Fox settled their respective lawsuit and countersuit over who owned advisory clients after she was...

Fidelity Retirement Study Finds Disparities in Spouses' Expectations

   A new research study by Fidelity Investments indicates that many boomer and preretirement couples are not "in sync" with regard to retirement planning issues...

CFP Board Moving HQ To Washington

   In a 1,700-mile cross-country move designed to gain a bigger voice for CFP licensees in policy and lawmaking decisions in the nation's capital, the CFP Board of Standards will...

Hedge Funds Pick Up 2.10% in First Quarter

    Hedge funds averaged total returns of 2.10% in the first quarter-outperforming major indexes such as the S&P 500 and the MSCI World Index, according to Morningstar Inc...

FPA Lines Up April Virtual Learning Sessions

   The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is offering these sessions through its next two weeks...

Schwab Taking Award Nominations

   Schwab Institutional is accepting nominations for its second annual IMPACT awards, which recognize independent advisors and firms who have advanced the advisory industry "through...

FPA: Defeat of Exemption Rule 'Priceless'

   "Priceless," is how Financial Planning Association (FPA) Chairman Dan Moisand characterized the association's federal appeals court victory today, forcing the Securities and...

Retirees Face Increasing Health Care Costs

    Health care costs are taking an increasingly larger share of retiree budgets-increasing an average of 7.5% this year, according to a new report...

Advisors Losing Confidence In Economy

   Advisors, like consumers, are getting more worried about the economic picture...

FPA and Wall Street Journal To Educate Consumers

   The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and The Wall Street Journal are partnering to educate the newspaper's readers about the value of financial planning...

Goldman Named Head Of Security Benefit's Asset Management Arm

   The appointment of Richard Goldman as president of Security Investments Corp...

Millionaires Wary Of Future Economy

   Stock market volatility and real estate values have made millionaires wary about the future-but not to the point where they are abandoning equity...

Upswing Adds Automated Workflow to Online CRM Suite

   Upswing, Inc...

CFP Ethics Revision Wins FPA Support

   The second draft of the revised CFP ethics code has won the support of the Financial Planning Association, which was one of the chief foes of the original revision...

FPA Asks SEC To Clarify Exemption Rule

   The Financial Planning Association is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to clarify when a broker-dealer is considered exempt from the Investment Advisers Act of...

Landmark Report Announces Average IRR of 13.6% for Non-Traded REITs

   As investor awareness of market risk and the value of asset allocation have grown, non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) have become a major component of many...

Morningstar Buys S&P Fund Data Business

   Morningstar Inc...