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Growing up in Jonesboro, Ark., David A. Pickler was a voracious reader. He was especially taken with the biographies of our founding fathers John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin. What he read about their lives gave him a deep appreciation...
During the first quarter, money flowed in and out of individual mutual fund asset classes faster than you could say, "volatility." Investors just couldn't decide whether to hold 'em or fold 'em. For example, the flow data shows how quickly...
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...
John Vita's twin interests in the financial services business and in helping those less fortunate than himself began at an early age. Vita's father Robert was a Merrill Lynch broker for 40 years, and Vita recalls that as a boy, he loved going to...
Plowing the driveways of elderly neighbors after a snowstorm; volunteering at a homeless shelter; serving people food; mentoring a recovering drug addict; coaching a youth basketball league; hosting a men's support group; cutting up and clearing...
In 1993, in his mid-30s and with a growing advisory practice, John P. Hyland began looking for a local non-profit toward which he could devote some time. He chose the New Jersey chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a cause that was dear to...
Financial advisor David Rae started riding in the AIDS Life/Cycle race just four years ago, and he has since gotten heavily involved in recruiting and fund-raising for the event. The seven-day race, which raised $11 million last year for Los...
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...
An astonishing 93 percent of family business owners depend on the family business as their primary source of income, according to the 2007 Laird Norton Tyee Family Business Survey.1 This statistic has far ranging ramifications on the success or...
