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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...
The Investment Management Consultants Association announced Wednesday that its popular CIMA certification is now accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), making it the first of the major wealth management designations to...
Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) plans to sell its independent broker/dealer unit Securities America, according to the company’s first quarter earnings report released today. Meanwhile, the firm is still in the process of finalizing a...
