Scholarly Financial Planner: 2017 Firm Visits, Presentations, Consulting

Friday, January 6, 2017

2017 Firm Visits, Presentations, Consulting

Louisville, Lexington, Nashville Firms: Are You Up for a Short Visit? Each year Prof. Rhoades takes 5 to 9 of his top B.S. Finance (Financial Planning track) students to visit financial planning and investment advisory, and investment services firms. The goal of these 1-2 hour visits is to introduce the students into the types of environments in which they might work and different practice models, and to provide them with ideas on different career paths in financial services. Visits typically include a brief tour of the firm, a discussion of the firm's mission, and then either a "Day in the Life of .... (a position in the firm)" and/or "Advice for Your First Year" and/or "Q&A." In the Spring of 2017 visits will be scheduled for the following dates / locations:

Tuesday, Feb. 14th: Louisville, KY (visits to be scheduled after Kentuckiana meeting which lasts from 9am-1:30pm that day)
Thursday, March 2nd: Nashville, TN
Thursday, March 30th: Lexington, KY

If you can contribute and host a visit, please e-mail Prof. Rhoades: Ron.Rhoades@WKU.edu. Thank you!

Meet Top Students from WKU at Upcoming Conferences/Symposia. Some of Ron's top students from Western Kentucky University's renowned Financial Planning Program (B.S. Finance) will join him at the following conferences and symposia. Hope to see you there!

NAPFA South Region Symposium, Feb. 5-6, 2017, Atlanta, GA
FPA Kentuckiana Chapter Meeting, Feb. 14, 2017, Big Springs Country Club, Louisville, KY
FPA Annual Conference, Oct. 2-4, 2017, Nashville, GA

Scheduled 2017 Presentations. Join Prof. Ron A. Rhoades as he presents at the following conferences/symposia in 2017:

2017 fi360 Conference, May 21-23, 2017, Nashville, TN
FPA of Minnesota Symposium, Oct. 16-17, 2017, Minneapolis, MN

Desire a Speaker? To inquire about Ron speaking at your conference, symposium, or FPA Chapter meeting, please contact him at: Ron.Rhoades@wku.edu. Ron's suggested presentation topics for 2017:

Due Diligence for IRA Rollovers under SEC, FINRA and DOL Scrutiny
The Prudent Investor Rule: Exploring Its (Tough) Duties
Fiduciary Due Diligence: Investment Strategy and Investment Product Selection

Consulting Engagements. Ron also undertakes consulting to broker-dealers / RIA firms on compliance with the DOL Conflict of Interest (Fiduciary) regulations, including whether to utilize the Best Interests Contract Exemption, determining reasonableness of fees, and due diligence requirements under the DOL rules.

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About the Author

Ron A. Rhoades, JD, CFP® sailed across the Atlantic on a tall ship, performed in theme parks and road shows in Europe and America as a Disney character, rowed on a championship crew team, marched in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, marched in competition with a state-champion rifle drill team, undertook a solo one-week trip into the Everglades, escorted numerous celebrities around Central Florida, performed as a “Tin Man” at a mountaintop theme park called “The Land of Oz” in Beech Mountain, NC, and served as a stage manager and talent scheduling coordinator for entertainment productions at Walt Disney World. And then he graduated college.

Since then, Ron Rhoades earned his Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from the University of Florida College of Law, which was preceded by a B.S.B.A. from Florida Southern College. Ron Rhoades has 35 years of experience as an attorney, with nearly all of those years substantially devoted to estate planning, tax planning, and retirement plan distribution planning. Ron also has over 20 years as a personal financial adviser. He was a principal with an investment advisory firm where he served as its Director of Research and Chair of its Investment Committee.

The author of numerous articles published in financial industry publications and several books, Dr. Rhoades has been quoted in numerous consumer and trade publications, and has been interviewed on Bloomberg's "Masters in Business" radio show segment. He writes occasional articles for industry publications. Ron is a frequent speaker at local FPA chapter meetings and national conferences in the financial planning and investment advisory professions.

Ron Rhoades was the recipient of The Tamar Frankel Fidicuary Prize in 2020 from The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard. He also received the Fiduciary of the Year Award for 2011, from The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard, as he “altered the course of the fiduciary discussion in Washington.” He was also named as one of the Top 25 Most Influential persons associated with the investment advisory profession in 2011 by Investment Advisor magazine, and was voted to the “Sweet 16 Most Influential” in Wealth Management’s 2013 “March Madness” competition. Dr. Rhoades was also named as one of the "Top 30 Most Influential" members in NAPFA's 30-year history in 2013. This blog was also called one of the "Top 25 Most Dangerous" in financial services.

Ron A. Rhoades, JD, CFP® became Program Director for the Financial Planning Program (B.S. Finance, Personal Financial Planning) at Western Kentucky University's Gordon Ford School of Business in July 2015. As an associate professor of finance, Ron provides instruction to highly motivated, exceptional undergraduates students in such courses as Personal Finance, Applied Investments, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, and the Financial Plan Development (capstone) course. He has previously taught courses in Insurance & Risk Management, Employee Benefits, Money & Banking, Advanced Investments, and Business Law I and II. Ron received the Gordon Ford College of Business Teacher of the Year award in 2020.

Ron also serves on the Steering Committee of The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard, and as an Advisor to The Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, on whose behalf he frequently travels to Washington, D.C. to meet with policy makers in Congress and in government agencies regarding the application of the fiduciary standard to personalized investment advice.

He may be reached via e-mail at: ron@scholarfinancial.com.

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2017 Firm Visits, Presentations, Consulting

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