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Updated at 10:47 a.m. Bank of America gave the heave-ho to Sallie Krawcheck last night as part of a management shake-up. Rumors abound about why she was ousted, but most agree it means BofA has no plans to spin off Merrill.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...