Let's begin with Why. I believe Americans need good financial advice if they are to gain a measure of financial security. I further believe I
can best serve Americans - indirectly - through serving the financial services professionals who directly serve them.
My passion to serve has been demonstrated throughout the decades as an attorney, author, consultant, teacher, and expert witness. During my
years within the financial world, I've observed how critical it is to know the subject matter and be a trustworthy resource.
The financial services sector is not simple. Never has been. Never will be. It is a VUCA world: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous.
Successful client outcomes are rarely guaranteed and never predicted perfectly by gazing at a crystal ball.
Investment themes may come and go. Markets gyrate. Investment Managers are Hot, or Not. The world of investing may be defined as a complex web of legal,
regulatory, fiduciary, and ethical demands.
Visit our website often for the latest news focusing on cybersecurity, privacy law, insurance law, securities law, portfolio construction, fiduciary practices and more.
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• Join me in Saint Paul, October 21-22, 2025!
• At the Saint Paul RiverCentre
The 2025 ASCEND Conference features nationally recognized and locally respected experts. The two day agenda highlights 8 main-stage keynote presentations, 13
breakout sessions and 2 hours of CFP Board Ethics CE put together by a committee of financial services professionals.
I currently serve as a subject matter expert to the North American Securities Administrators Association™ (NASAA) on their Series 63/65/66
Qualification Exam Committee. I previously served as a subject matter expert to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on their Series
7 item writing committee.
I have served as expert witness for the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), and...
On August 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) prohibited certain transmittal of funds involving three Mexico-based financial institutions:
• CIBanco S.A., Institución de Banca Multiple (CIBanco),
• Intercam Banco S.A., Institución de Banca Multiple (Intercam), and
• Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (Vector)...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") recently published a Cybersecurity Alert. FINRA notified all broker-dealer member firms that use Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center ("FMC") Software that...
The need for expert assistance in cases involving securities is often critical. I am regularly called upon to assist with case design and support - and as an expert witness. My extensive background enables me to speak with authority about...
2017
One of two inaugural recipients, Outstanding Alumnus, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Duluth
Member
Mensa, Intertel, and Triple Nine Society...
For most of my professional life, I have specialized in helping investment professionals and their firms do things the right way. Specifically, Keith Loveland Consulting:
"I have assisted both claimants and respondents in providing behind-the-scenes support as well as on-the-stand expert testimony."