This month's question comes from an adviser whose client — and old friend — made an unethical request behind his spouse's back.
Q: I am a CFP professional and provide financial planning advice and investment management assistance to my former college roommate and his spouse. They are
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In his first Ask the Ethicist column, he set out what he calls the essential truth of ethics: 'We know what is right if we stop to give it some thought.'
A lawsuit that a client filed against her financial adviser reads like a soap opera.
Two planners had a role in arranging a business owner's insurance policy, and one is not happy with how the compensation was handled.
An elderly relative experiencing cognitive decline has accused the adviser of stealing from her.
The CFP Board's revised standards reinforce its requirements limiting the use of the term "fee-only" to situations in which fees are the sole method of compensation.
