Features
By Olivia Mellan
Lately, many clients who want to share their wealth are finding they may not have enough of it left. A look at the state of charitable giving, and how to deal with those in a state over having their philanthropic dreams dashed....
By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani
Chuck Akre will use the three-legged strategy he used to great effect at FBR Focus for his new eponymous fund...
By Mike Patton
Two and a half years after going independent, advisor Mike Patton shares what he’s learned. Service is the key.
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By Chris Ryon
An exploration of credit risk and pricing in the muni market....
Beginnings
By Staff Writer
Behind the Numbers, with David Kelly...
By Jeff Joseph
I regularly advocate that RIAs that possess the requisite mandate, means, and mindset should embrace private venture investments—for the benefit of both their clients’ portfolios and their practices. ...
By Vaughan Scully
Well-run real estate investments have much to offer...
By Melanie Waddell
Congress chides SEC for scathing IG report on Madoff; Schumer presses for a self-funded SEC...
By James J. Green
A report from Schwab's Impact conference....
By James J. Green
Fidelity Institutional announced a range of price cuts and time-bounded fee waivers for advisors who custody client assets at Fidelity....
By James J. Green
Editor-in-Chief Jamie Green caught up by telephone with the new chairman of NAPFA, Bill Baldwin....
By Staff Writer
Professional association news......
By Staff Writer
Job changes, appointments, and promotions...
By Staff Writer
What's going on......
By James J. Green
Cerulli Associates estimates that $800 billion will be moving as advisors change firms. ...
By Melanie Waddell
Financial services reform is still alive and kicking, as President Obama made very clear as he renewed his push for financial services reform during his speech to Wall Street. ...
By Melanie Waddell
Healthcare reform is still moving ahead, despite opposition from Republicans and well-covered populist discontent over the plan....
By James J. Green
Cliff Asness is known as a hedge fund manager who caters to institutions, is a true believer in momentum investing....
By James J. Green
Maybe this is the time for both sides to meet in the middle. ...
Columns
By Lewis Schiff
The more intricate the financial and personal lives of clients, the more likely clients will ask for non-financial advice....
By Robert F. Keane
Today’s green investors may want to change the world, but they’re going to use market forces to do it and want to make some money in the process....
By Mark Tibergien
General risk-taking principle says that the stronger your foundation, the more you can afford to lose....
By Bob Clark
A fiduciary duty to all clients would be more immediate, widespread, and at least as beneficial as separate regulation of planners....
By Angela Herbers
A young, driven partner was just what he didn’t know he needed....
Conclusions
By Melanie Waddell
Plan promotes small plan IRAs, putting tax refunds into savings bonds....
By Elizabeth D. Festa
Target-date mutual funds need more detailed and comprehensible disclosures and better manager investment, according to a new target-date research paper by Morningstar, Inc.
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By Melanie Waddell
News from the IRS, IRI, and more....
By James J. Green
Merrill Lynch makes a big push to prepare reps for Roth conversions....
By Melanie Waddell
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro sent a letter to broker/dealer CEOs on August 31 reminding them of their supervisory obligations under federal securities laws....
By Melanie Waddell
News on CFTC, USAdvisors Network, and the Lower Brule Sioux....
By Marlene Y. Satter
An effort to write new business makes it easier to buy disability insurance....
By Thomas D. Giachetti
This month we will explore three of the most common options available to employers—layoffs, reductions in workweeks or salary, and furloughs—and address some of the legal pitfalls that can be associated with each....
By Guest Contributor
Not all hedge funds can be seamlessly converted into mutual funds....
Sidebar Stories
By James J. Green
An attorney's perspective....
By Mark Tibergien
In a growing advisory practice, particularly one with more than one office, span of control becomes another big challenge. ...
By Angela Herbers
When hiring to grow their firm or adding a partner, most older (and typically entrepreneurial) advisors make the mistake of trying to hire younger advisors who are just like themselves....
By Thomas D. Giachetti
The use of furloughs is increasingly popular throughout many industries, but when employees are furloughed....
By Robert F. Keane
The release of the first round of funding from the Obama Administration’s stimulus law—the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—to a program that provides cash assistance to energy production companies in place of earned tax credits....
By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani
Charles “Chuck” Akre....
By James J. Green
The next few years will be a challenging time for advisors to stay current in creating, monitoring, and modifying clients’ estate plans....
By Robert F. Keane
GRATs, CLTs, and IDGTs....
By Robert F. Keane
For estate planning these days, the low-interest-rate environment offers incredible advantages....
By James J. Green
If you’re working with clients and want to encourage charitable giving, whom should you talk to, and how?...
By James J. Green
What’s the current state of philanthropy?...
By Mike Patton
Here’s how Mike Patton uses the full plan as a basis for ongoing client service and business building....
By Mike Patton
Patton has developed a Fiduciary Scorecard that considers a number of different metrics for each fund and compares it to its specific peer group or subcategory. ...
By Marlene Y. Satter
A big marketing emphasis these days in disability insurance is multilife sales....