Access Mr. Zale's Web site: visualartsadvisory.com "There is no such thing as Art. There are only artists." E.H. Gombrichs epigram, written at the beginning of his 1950 classic text The Story of Art, is still true today. Art capitalized does not...

SBSC Calls for Terminating Death Tax The Small Business Survival Committee (SBSC) reiterated its view during National Small Business Week that the death tax should be eliminated. "While a few dozen wealthy individuals and the death tax industry...

Recent Case Law Developments In Will And Trust Instrument Construction By Charles A. Redd Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, St. Louis, MO LITIGATION IS NOW MUCH A PART OF the life of the fiduciary. The construction process of Will and trust...

The state of online trading was quite evident to wirehouse brokers at the Los Angeles Times Investment Strategies Conference, which was held Saturday and Sunday at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS PaineWebber...

Jeff Peek, president of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), said Tuesday that the division “lost contact” with the firm’s retail brokers in the 1990s, and has “completely turned that story around today.” Peek...

The NASDR weighed in yesterday on the never-ending battle for client accounts. The self-regulatory unit will put out for comment an interpretation of its existing rules that would prohibit "any member firm from taking any action that interferes...

One day after the House of Representatives passed legislation that could increase limits on 401(k) and IRA contributions, UBS PaineWebber private client group President Mark Sutton says brokers and branch managers could do a much better job at...

Editor's Note: This story was updated May 16, 2001 Morgan Stanley enraged brokers last December when, without warning and on two weeks notice, the firm boosted its minimum gross production requirements. But, in light of the down market and with...

Prudential Insurance Company of America today officially changed its name to Prudential Financial. The name and logo of Prudential Securities will remain unchanged. Prudential will use its new name for its U.S. financial services business and its...

Canadian brokerage firms will soon have to file quarterly reports disclosing to the national regulator certain types of client complaints. It’s about being “more proactive and transparent” to investors, says Joe Oliver, president...