The March 15 nomination deadline for the 31st annual “Rep.’s Altruism Awards: Advisors With Heart” (formerly the Outstanding Advisor Awards) is fast approaching. Each May Registered Rep. honors 10 veteran financial advisors who...
The Internal Revenue Service’s latest amnesty offer for Americans with undeclared income from offshore accounts should serve as a reminder to wealth managers that some of their clients may owe money to the IRS and not realize it.
It’s getting easier for clients with pre-existing medical conditions to get life insurance coverage today. Even those with cancer, heart disease and diabetes can qualify for “impaired risk,” or substandard-rated coverage. That&...
Claims that fundamental indexes would outperform have so far been true. But is there enough data to build client portfolios around fundamental indexes?
Deborah McWhinney, who led a controversial restructuring among Citigroup’s bank brokers, is moving into a non-advisor role at the global financial giant. McWhinney, president of personal banking and wealth management, will take over a newly...
Last month, both UBS Wealth Management and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney unveiled changes in their compensation structures that have branch managers at both firms—many of whom are already disenchanted with the mounting demands and diminished job...
We invite you to attend this insightful one hour webinar hosted by Chip Roame, Managing Principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, and a panel of independent advisors...
Liquidity may be more of a return predictor than you think, according to Roger Ibbotson, chairman and chief investment officer of Zebra Capital Management. During a presentation at IMCA’s New York Consultants Conference this week, Ibbotson...
