Communication And Support For Clients In Turbulent Times By Ted R. Ridlehuber Cannon Financial Institute, Athens, GA With the terroristse attacks on September 11, the resulting human tragedy in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, and the...

Terrorist Attacks Push Economy Into Recession; Recovery At Least A Year Away, Say Lenders In Phoenix Lending Survey Economy May Begin Recovery Later in 2002 Or 2003 PHILADELPHIA -- The events of September 11 have pushed the economy into a...

Funding A Credit Shelter Trust With Retirement Benefits By Natalie B. Choate Bingham Dana LLP, Boston, MA There are numerous advantages as well as disadvantages to funding a credit shelter trust when all or most of the client's assets are inside...

Merrill Lynch distributed its new compensation package to its retail sales force Oct. 29. Brokers serving $100,000-plus households and converting clients over to asset-based pricing accounts will be rewarded. Merrill jacked up its payout on fee...

Dain Rauscher has been renamed RBC Dain Rauscher, effective today, according to the firm. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) completed its acquisition of Tucker Anthony Sutro and began integrating the firm with its U.S. broker/dealer subsidiary, Dain...

Bloomberg reports that Merrill Lynch has fired a broker over a letter the rep sent to clients advising them to yank funds managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management. The broker was reportedly critical of Swiss banking practices in the wake of the...

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Hearing Constructive Transfers and Transfers of Property to a Third Party on Behalf of a Spouse REG00 AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking and...

Online brokerage firm TD Waterhouse has formed an alliance with Ford Motor Company to offer online financial services to Ford’s 146,000 employees in the United States, the brokerage announced last week. Waterhouse set up a special Web site...

Due participant inquiries resulting from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the annual Hawaii Tax Institute at Chaminade University has been reformatted. Instead of the original 5-day program, scheduled for Nov. 4-9, 2001, the 38th annual Hawaii Tax...