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The Investments & Wealth Institute is pleased to announce that Merrill Lynch joins several other financial firms in their endorsement of the Retirement Management Advisor^®  (RMA^®) certification.

Recently, The Wall Street Journal criticized the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) regarding the integrity of their search directory for CFP^® professionals that resulted in a lot of commentary and confusion. As a certifying body like the CFP^® Board, the Investments & Wealth Institute would like to clarify some misconceptions brought to light by the article.

This past May more than 1,500 advisors from across the nation gathered in Las Vegas for the Institute’s 2019 Annual Conference Experience. The conference was packed with investment and wealth management thought leaders and numerous industry experts and innovators. New this year to ACE was the Women in Wealth luncheon, which included a panel discussion led by Kelly Walsh, CIMA®, RCC® National Director, Advisor Coaching and Director, Wealth Management Advisory Services, Coast Capital Wealth...

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CPWA Certification Exam changes reflect an evolving profession and the advanced knowledge and skills required by practitioners to deliver prudent, ethical wealth management to HNW clients.

This past spring the Investments & Wealth Institute (Institute) conducted a job task analysis on what wealth advisors need to know in order to provide the most relevant and valuable services to high net worth clients. The Institute regularly conducts a job task analysis to ensure that initial and ongoing...

Recently, the SEC recently released a series of new rules including the Regulation Best Interest rule (Reg BI) that is currently scheduled to go into effect in 2020. The entire rules and guidance package approved June 5 by the SEC comes out to nearly 1,400 pages. The Institute has distilled the voluminous package for your benefit into the six-page executive summary linked below. The Institute's Exceptional Advisor Podcast also published a special edition episode on Regulation BI. Theses two...