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Affluent households with philanthropic inclinations are giving more than just cash these days. Officials at the two top donor advised funds in the United States, at Fidelity Investments and Schwab Charitable, say that complex assets are making...
For estate and tax planners, 2010 was a year in which more questions were raised than resolved. In the end, executors of estates of decedents who died in 2010 were left with two estate tax regimes to choose from. What are the key factors to...
The gentleman was in his mid-70s. A successful businessman, now retired, he had always played the odds, so naturally he thought he would die before his wife. He was wrong. His wife died first, and the businessman went to pieces. He became...
After launching with a big splash in December, Dynasty Financial Partners is now trying to make good on its initial promise to emerge as the preferred service provider for independent wealth managers catering to clients with over $5 million in...
Cleveland financial planner, Nan Cohen, starts new firm that’s created around clients’ lifelong financial planning needs.CLEVELAND, OH May 2, 2011 – Cleveland-based Creekside Financial Partners, LLC, is proud to announce the opening of their new...
In 2003, the mutual fund industry got slammed when the Securities and Exchange Commission started investigating the market timing and late-day trading activities of several fund families, including Putnam Investments, Janus Capital Group, Invesco...
Registered Rep.’s top-rated 2010 independent broker/dealer advisor Ron Carson has announced plans to leave LPL Financial (Nasdaq: LPLA) to become an independent registered investment advisor in July and start his own broker/dealer later this...
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...
The Kentucky Derby has been called the fastest two minutes in sports. But after the thoroughbreds thunder past the finish line at Churchill Downs during the 137th running of the storied race on May 7, another competition will begin to gather speed...
