Q&A with Charlotte Beyer, CEO, Institute for Private Investors: “Everyone is looking at the ultra-high-net-worth market.”
Q&A with Charlotte Beyer, CEO, Institute for Private Investors: “Everyone is looking at the ultra-high-net-worth market.”
Sep 06, 2011
Charlotte Beyer has been a trailblazer in the wealth management business before the phrase “wealth management” was even being used. In 1991, the then 43-year-old financial services executive founded the Institute for Private Investors as a peer...
The Risk On/ Risk Off Behind Gold
The Risk On/ Risk Off Behind Gold
Sep 02, 2011
For months and even years, analysts have debated and speculated on whether gold is in a bubble and whether that bubble could be close to bursting. It’s also been written about time and again in the pages of Registered Rep. But the whipsaw we...
Call Me When the Crisis is Over
Call Me When the Crisis is Over
Sep 02, 2011
Advisors who reached out to investors during the August market turmoil say they found a less panicked clientele than in 2008. Warning: The longer market volatility lasts, the less tolerant clients will become.
Blotter: September 2011
Sep 01, 2011
Dark Side of the Moon Citigroup Global Markets agreed in August to pay a $500,000 fine for failing to supervise a sales assistant, Tamara Moon, who allegedly stole about $750,000 from 22 customers, according to FINRA. Moon, who worked out of the...
In-plan Roth Rollovers
Sep 01, 2011
An in-plan Roth rollover (IPRR) is effective for distributions from Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k) plans and IRC Section 403(b) plans made after Sept. 27, 2010 and for distributions from IRC Section 457(b) plans for taxable years beginning...
Helping Clients Reach Their Great Digital Beyond
Helping Clients Reach Their Great Digital Beyond
Sep 01, 2011
We've all done just that, probably more often than we should admit. On the way to getting started with a new social media or online service, most of us didn't actually read the terms of service. Have you ever stopped to consider what...
Estate Administration in Cyberspace
Sep 01, 2011
Until just a few years ago, an estate executor on the hunt for important documents might find them in a filing cabinet at a decedent's home or in a safety deposit box at a bank. But now, with powerful computers and easy access to the Internet, a...
Death by IRA Beneficiary Designation
Sep 01, 2011
Individual retirement accounts have long been treated as the proverbial red-headed stepchild of estate planning. Until recently, they were often overlooked, dismissed or disregarded when estate planning was undertaken. But with upwards of $14...
State Death Tax Planning
Sep 01, 2011
Once upon a time, estate planners focused almost exclusively on the federal tax implications of their planning for clients. State1 death taxes, which were simple by comparison, didn't merit similar concern. In the past decade, however, tax law...
Set It, But Don't Forget It
Sep 01, 2011
Perhaps it's a matter of managing expectations and responsibilities between attorneys and clients about who will have the ongoing responsibility to ensure that various technical requirements and administrative details of an estate-planning...
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