Securities Industry employment topped the 800,000 mark in November for the first time since February 2002, The gain of over 5,000 was the best monthly increase in the industry since June of last year.

According to Chinese astrology, 2005 is the Year of the Wood Rooster a year marked by prosperity, both spiritually and materially. Under this zodiac animal system, much of the world's population should have experienced a surge of optimism and...

Over the years, planners have found several techniques useful in helping non-U.S. families pass wealth to the next generation: offshore personal investment companies (PICs), settlor-directed revocable trusts, controlled foundations, irrevocable...

The gross estate of a nonresident alien1 (NRA) is determined in the same manner as the gross estate of a U.S. resident or citizen, although it's generally limited to property situated, or deemed to be situated in the United States at the time of...

Many wealthy people today spend substantial amounts of time in various countries and many may eventually find themselves becoming tax residents of the United States. So U.S. trusts and estates practitioners shouldn't be surprised if a client...

With the accelerating globalization of economic relations and the compression of travel and communication distances between countries, increasing numbers of U.S. citizens and residents find themselves holding property in jurisdictions outside the...

Hackers Beating the Market: The SEC is suing Estonian investment bank Lohmus Haavel & Viisemann of Tallinn, Estonia, and two employees, for gaining access to more than 360 press releases on U.S. companies before public release from distribution...

Andrew Davis Mills was a salesperson and assistant manager in the women's shoe department at Nordstrom's in San Diego. Apparently, Mills and his colleagues were having some difficulty meeting their monthly sales quota the old-fashioned way. So...

In a branch office, reps are not the only ones who depend on their sales skills to increase bonuses. Branch managers are evaluated upon how successfully they recruit. Yet, many managers are never trained on how to be an excellent recruiter, and...

Q: As a nonproducing registered representative who acts in a purely operational and/or compliance capacity, how much are we expected or allowed to make when home-office issues become too unbearable? Our broker/dealer is constantly losing documents...