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Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
The Magic Number Determining how much wealth is enough to support retirement combines the art of managing expectations with the science of crunching numbers. |
Financial Advisor June 2005 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
A Great Challenge Facing Advisors And Their Clients The greatest challenge that advisors face in the coming years is helping clients to make their money last a lifetime. Unfortunately, the profession and the software vendors that serve it have yet to offer clients the solutions that they deserve. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Multiple Choice No single product will meet all the needs of aging boomers. Advisers must develop strategies combining multiple products into retirement portfolios. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
2010: Get Big or Fade Away Forget how you're running your financial advisory practice now. Change is coming. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Suzanne McGee |
Rethinking Retirement Income Helping your financial planning clients to keep sitting pretty in retirement is more complex than ever. How will your practice adapt? |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Going Private Rather than pay high prices for publicly traded real estate securities, some advisers prefer private pools. But financial planners must remember that because private real estate deals are risky, they aren't right for every investor. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 John Parise |
Meet the Family Using a family meeting approach can help your financial advisory clients avoid financial conflicts between the generations and can also help maximize the growth potential of your advisory business. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Chris Taylor |
Thinking of Switching Financial Planners? It can be a difficult, even emotional decision. Here are some things to consider before breaking up with your current financial adviser. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Later-Life Planning As clients live longer, they will have different needs at different stages of their retirement. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Bryce Sanders |
The Disgruntled Client How financial planners can know if they're about to lose a valued client relationship -- and what to do about it. |
Financial Advisor September 2007 Bruce W. Fraser |
Role Reversal What financial advisors can do to prepare their clients to care for elderly parents. |
Financial Advisor November 2004 Alan Lavine |
Search For Alternatives Crimps Survivorship Sales Despite tax laws that have cut the estate tax bite, survivorship life insurance (SLI) continues as a popular estate planning tool. But it is not the panacea that it was for baby boomers' parents in the late 1980s and 1990s. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 Miriam Rozen |
The Ultimate Deadline: Planners Who Deal With Clients With A Fatal Illness A financial planner with a client with a fatal illness needs to engage in hand-holding and some gentle pushing. |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Fowler & Rattiner |
Averting Disaster A new archetype in financial planning is needed for individual investors. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Pat Olsen |
2010: The Technology You'll Use Financial planners will have a future of aggregated accounts, wireless communications, and instant messaging with clients. |
Financial Advisor January 2012 Gail Liberman |
State Of Affairs Most clients are unaware that state death taxes can take a substantial cut of an inheritance. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Mitchell Rose |
Emotional Rescue By tending to family dynamics during the estate planning process, financial advisers can prevent wounds and conflicts years before they might occur. |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Estate Tax: What Repeal? Many planners are telling clients not to expect the tax to go away. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Following In Mom's Footsteps Succession is an issue that female financial advisors are considering going forward with now that the profession has been around long enough to have established, longtime practitioners, many of whom are looking to bring younger people into their firms. In some cases, the younger people are turning out to be their own children. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 Ann Marsh |
15 Top Tax Strategies For 2012 There's a one-word theme for the 2012 tax year: uncertainty. Chief among the reasons are the sky-high exemptions on the estate tax, the lifetime gift tax and the generation-skipping tax. |
Financial Advisor December 2011 Jeff Schlegel |
Reorganized For Success Wescott Financial Advisory group takes a disciplined approach to growth. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
The Software You Need Now Trends sweeping the financial planning industry are driving new technology solutions in the year ahead. NaviPlan... Financial Profiles... Morningstar... Engagement Systems... BridgePortfolio... |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Ronna Del Valle |
Refocusing Estate Planning Generational Continuity, an uninterrupted financial connection between generations, may offer a way to move emotion-bound clients forward. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Kevin McKinley |
The Age Game Whether your clients' estates are under or over the "death-tax" threshold, the following strategies will help ensure your clients' family wishes will be met in the most tax-efficient and cost-effective manner. |
Registered Rep. March 14, 2014 Mark Miller |
Prioritizing Retirement Tradeoffs How can financial advisers help clients balance short-term needs and desires against long-range goals, especially those clients in the critical years leading up to retirement? |
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Marion Asnes |
Advisers Speak Out Our new nationwide poll shows that for all financial advisors know about asset allocation, they're still having trouble making it work. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Suzanne McGee |
Why Can't We Be Friends? You socialize with your financial advisory clients. You know their dreams, fears and bad habits. How do you draw a professional line? |
Financial Planning October 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Five for the Future Because of the enormous changes in the size and longevity of the retirement population, we will need a new paradigm if we are to serve our clients well. Financial advisers who address these needs will be the ones who survive and thrive. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Jeanne Lee |
More Pink Slips Our economy has shed a staggering 1.9 million jobs in 2008 alone. As a result, many financial planners are having to help clients cope with situations much more dire than their worst-case scenarios. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Making Changes To implement a living investment plan for retiring clients, you'll need to broaden your focus and rethink your technology. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
What's in it for YOU Broker-dealers are ramping up their recruiting efforts and courting top planners. Here's what they're looking for -- and what they're putting on the table. |
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 Lauren Young |
Taking Stock Of Your Adviser Many investors don't know how to evaluate the person in charge of their portfolios. These seven questions should help. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
The Evolving Practice Financial planning covers so many different strokes these days, for so many different types of folks, that it's difficult to generalize about the evolution of practice management. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2006 Joel Bruckenstein |
An Explosion of Enhancements Financial advisers have lacked adequate tools to help clients get the story on retirement distribution planning. But now, a number of software providers have developed enhancements for existing programs that are targeted squarely at this burgeoning market. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 David A. Twibell |
For Sale Signs Savvy financial advisers can benefit from the coming avalanche of baby boomers ready to sell their financial businesses and retire. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Stephanie Bogan |
Learning Ownerthink Are you a great business owner or a great financial adviser? Your role is key to achieving your full potential and growing your business. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2005 Suzanne McGee |
Confronting the Overspending Client One of the hardest things to say to a client is, "You're spending too much." Here's how thoughtful planners handle the conversation. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2013 Scott Wenger |
Editor's Note: Real Estate Returns As the housing market rebounds, advisors face new challenges - and many new opportunities |
Job Journal February 20, 2005 Julia Hollister |
Financial Planning: Careers that Pay Dividends Expert financial planners keep their wise clients healthy and wealthy. Includes recommended websites on careers in finance. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Jim Grote |
The Matchmaker A financial planner proposes a merger to a large regional accounting firm. Read on to hear how their marriage is working out. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2005 Garrett Thornburg |
The Fair Tax The estate tax is up for reform (or repeal) in the Senate, leaving planners and advisers with a daunting dilemma. Is there a smarter, more equitable way to think about estate taxes? |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Barr & May |
Service, Please! Aging baby boomers have new wealth -- and new advice needs. Is your financial planning business model flexible enough to keep you in the game? |
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Ed McCarthy |
Adding On Clients are clamoring for additional services, and some financial advisers are eager to please. But look before you leap into new lines of business. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Joni Youngwirth |
Draw Up a Plan Financial planners work with retirees every day. But, due to the changing face of retirement, when it comes to planning their own retirements, they may be as befuddled as their clients. |
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Jim Middlemiss |
Bringing Risk Into the Mix Legg Mason is among a handful of firms revamping their wealth-management platforms to include risk management. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Bob Veres |
False Fiduciaries The so-called resolution of the SEC's "Merrill Lynch rule" does nothing to keep brokers from providing financial advice without assuming legal responsibility. |
Wall Street & Technology February 23, 2009 Mark Halverson |
Retail Financial Services Firms Must Adapt to Changing Landscape With investors' trust shaken, firms need new approaches to working with wealth management clients. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 Christopher Franklin |
Beyond Bling Athletes must understand old-school financial values. That's the best lesson a planner can impart. Financial planners successful with the education process will have a client for life, not just for the flash years. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Chris Blunt |
Happy Endings? The new retirement story seems fraught with peril. Here's how financial planners can reassure clients -- and bring more of their assets under management. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Jeffrey H. Rattiner |
Dig Deep to Climb High To stay competitive, financial planners need to increase their technical know-how. |