Dodd-Frank will change the way asset management products are created and generate more work for financial advisors. There will be some good consequences and some bad.
The good thing about the financial advisors is that they tend to be ambitious, Type-A personalities. They want to win. The problem with financial advisors is that they tend to be ambitious, Type-A personalities who always want to win. In short...
Whether you like it or not, you are the brand that defines how your practice is positioned. Everything about your practice is cumulative, the perception held by clients, referral alliance partners, affluent centers-of-influence, and your prospects.
Investors believe everyone who provides financial advice is already a fiduciary, according to a survey released Wednesday by a group of investment adviser and consumer protection groups.
For higher-net-worth clients who are likely to owe federal estate taxes at death, making taxable gifts in 2010 may be a viable planning opportunity. That’s even if future legislation increases the estate tax exemption to proposed levels of ...
