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We're now entering the eighth month of 2010 a year in which we've had no estate tax. We're also facing possible legislation and uncertainty on other issues including the allowable terms and forms of grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) and the...
Ripped from the headlines: CEO Faces $7 Million Judgment After Son's Driving Conviction in The Financial News Daily; Businesswoman Fires Nanny, Gets Slapped With Age Discrimination Suit (for $4 million) in The Financial Herald. Both chilling...
On July 21, 2010, many single family offices watched President Obama sign into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act).1 Title IV of the Act is the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010...
Private placement variable universal life insurance (PPVUL) products are available through some of the largest insurance companies in the United States. For advisers who know PPVUL only as an offshore vehicle, it may be time to consider the...
Earlier this summer, Hanson McClain Advisors got the call that no advisory firm wants to get. Someone had broken into its Sacramento, CA, headquarters and in scouring for money had stolen the firm’s safe filled with back-up data
John Kador compiled our Puzzler again this month for the Endpiece (on the last page of the magazine). A frequent contributor to Registered Rep. (he also writes “The Rep. Index” as well as features), John is the author of over 15 business books. H...