Group Think

The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) launched its second annual consumer-oriented public service campaign to educate Americans about the need for financial professionals to hold themselves to a fiduciary standard. The campaign–Focus on Fiduciary–will kick off on June 1, 2007, and continue throughout the summer, and is intended to help consumers understand the issues surrounding a fiduciary standard in the financial industry. The 2007 campaign includes a Web site, www.FocusonFiduciary.com, and The Fiduciary Voice–a podcast available on iTunes and the Web site…

Trisha Brambley, president and founder of Resources for Retirement, was appointed to represent investment counseling on the 2007 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council. Brambley was one of five new appointees selected by the U.S. Department of Labor to serve a three-year term as a member of the 15-person council, which provides advice on policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans governed by ERISA…