Professionally, Blaine Aikin retired on July 1, 2024.Immediately prior to retirement, Blaine was the Founder and Principal of Fiduciary Insights, an independent provider of fiduciary subject matter expertise for organizations that employ or provide services to investment advisors.
Fifteen years prior to founding Fiduciary Insights in 2019,Blaine served in the executive leadership of Fi360. He was CEO from 2007 through 2016 and Executive Chairman from 2016 through 2019. Upon retirement, he relinquished his Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst® designationadministered by Fi360.
For 40 years Blaine has been active in the financial planning community. He served as a Director of the CFP Board of Standards in the United States from 2013 through 2016 and Chair of CFP Board in 2017. In 2018 and 2019 he chaired CFP Board’s Standards Resources Commission and currently serves on the Professional Standards Committee of the international Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB). Upon retirement, he relinquished the Certified Financial Planner® designation he earned in 1985.
Blaine has retained his Chartered Financial Analyst®designation during retirement, consistent with the policies of CFA Institute.
On the personal side, Blaine is an avid outdoorsman andproponent of sustainable forestry. Family and forests are the focus of his attention in retirement. He is a Pennsylvania Forest Steward and a Master Watershed Steward (programs administered by Penn State University). He currently serves on the volunteer Council of the Finley Center for PrivateForests at Penn State and recently served as Council Chair. Blaine resides on forested property in northwest Pennsylvania and actively practices sustainable forestryon property in Pennsylvania and Montana.
