Morgan Stanley is in the process of testing a pilot program that would allow its financial advisors to interact with clients and others on social media websites Twitter and LinkedIn through pre-approved public updates and private LinkedIn emails...
The political battle over Medicare's future should concern any financial adviser helping clients plan for the cost of health care in retirement. But no matter how the fight ends, rising health care costs pose a threat to your clients' retirement...
There are plenty of generous grandparents out there who would love to help their grandchildren with their college costs. While that’s a wonderful instinct, the last thing that parents want is for grandma and grandpa’s generosity to...
As more wealth managers and multi-family offices outsource their investment decisions to third party asset managers, these assets managers are coming under greater scrutiny—and not just for their investment performance...
Nearly two-thirds of respondents (64 percent) to an online survey of investors conducted this spring by National Real Estate Investor and Marcus & Millichap plan to to boost the size of their commercial real estate portfolios over the next 12...
Mark Clancy is intimately familiar with the in’s and out’s of cyber hacking attacks. As managing director and Corporate Information Security Officer at the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Clancy’s job is to pay...
You know that 95 percent payout the broker/dealer down the street is offering you to join? Sounds very appealing right? But have you pulled back the curtain on that number a little bit? The headline payout numbers offered by firms can often be...
Great Neck, NY – May 19, 2011- The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), the oldest professional society devoted solely to the appraisal of closely-held businesses, has announced the election of Mark S. Gottlieb to the Education Board for the...
Fee-only advisors have a significant opportunity to go into the retirement planning business, said Gary Allen, a principal at Prudent Investor Advisors, an RIA specializing in retirement plans. During NAPFA’s annual conference in Salt Lake...
