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In a revolutionary step forward, Raymond James Financial and Commonwealth Financial are putting the “social” back into social media—they will begin allowing their advisors to interact with and engage in conversations with others...
After months at the negotiating table with clients who filed arbitration and class action claims against the firm, Securities America is one step closer to getting the OK on a $150 million settlement. Friday, Judge W. Royal Furgeson Jr. of U.S...
A great deal has been written in the last decade about trust-owned life insurance (TOLI) and the responsibilities and obligations of trustees/fiduciaries of irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs). Although descriptions of a TOLI may be...
In 2008, the generation had just begun to enter retirement when the great recession intervened, postponing plans for many, shattering dreams for some and suspending dialogue on a host of issues unique to wealth management and transfer for this...
The passage of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the 2010 Tax Relief Act) has opened an unexpected window of opportunity for the tax-exempt transfer of significantly more wealth to the next...
When we recommend ways for our clients to reduce their estates, we're mindful that clients generally want a comfortable cushion for retirement. But, providing this comfortable cushion is often inconsistent with reducing their estates enough to...
Registered Rep.: So you are an Ayn Rand fan, and specifically of her heroic character John Galt. Why? David Loeper: Nearly 20 years ago I read Atlas Shrugged. Objectivism clarified in my mind a moral and noble way to live my life. The basis of the...
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is coming to a cable TV channel, magazine, and website near you. The board last month launched the first wave in a four-year marketing campaign to promote the CFP brand to the public, at a cost of...
If you are not talking to your client about retirement planning, someone else probably is and stands a good chance of garnering those assets, according to The Secret Knock: Unlocking the Retirement Opportunity, a recent report by Pershing LLC and...
Inside Dope: A group of health-care-related hedge funds affiliated with FrontPoint Partners LLC agreed to pay $33 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that their former portfolio manager improperly traded on inside...