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On Wall Street January 1, 2011 Matthew J. Lynch |
Team With Rivals To Better Serve Trust Clients As the financial services industry continues to grow more complex with increasing numbers of new business models, a surprising new niche has opened, allowing traditional rivals-financial advisors and trust companies-to work together. |
Financial Advisor January 2004 William S. Villafranco |
Whom Do You Trust? What factors should you consider when choosing a trustee? Using co-trustees, where one is a professional trustee and the other is a family member or close friend, may be the most effective choice. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Ben Mattlin |
How To Select Trustees As trusts grow more popular, the need to appoint the right trustees becomes crucial. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
How Professional Fiduciaries Work For those who don't have any close friends or family members willing or able to handle a fiduciary role, a professional trustee may be the best option. Here is a look at the inner workings of a bank's typical trust department. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Mary Rowland |
A Bigger Net If mistakes are made with a trust, a beneficiary may soon be able to sue more than the trustee. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Trust Worthy Some good news that planners can tell their clients: The federal estate-tax exemption has just jumped from $2 million to $3.5 million, so this is an excellent time to review estate plans. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Cathleen M. Clauson |
Unlocking Opportunity Trusts are a good way for advisors to expand their businesses. Here's why. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Martin M. Shenkman |
High Net Worth: Estate Planning: Be a Trust Team Player Advising your clients to enter into trusts doesn't have to mean the end of your investment management services. Here's what you should know. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
5 Questions An interview with Victor Whitney, an expert on personal trusts and author of the forthcoming The Art of Trusteeship. |
Investment Advisor September 2007 Gavin Morrissey |
After the Estate Plan . . . Your job is just beginning after a client's estate plan is drawn up. As the client's financial advisor, it is up to you to ensure that the estate plan is implemented correctly. |
Investment Advisor May 2007 Susan L. Hirshman |
Making the Right Choice It is imperative that, before naming a trustee, financial advisory clients are educated on what a trustee is and who is appropriate to assume the role. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 James Sprout |
Following The Vision Without argument, one of the more difficult struggles a family can face is choosing who will provide long-term management of the family assets, especially if a great deal of wealth is at stake. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Donald Jay Korn |
Busting Trusts When assets for spouses are left in trusts, restrictions often apply, chafing the living spouse. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Barbara Potter |
Second Chances Sometimes, a corporate trustee is the best choice to manage a trust left to a second spouse, and that eventually benefits children of the first marriage. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Where's My Money? What to do when your fiduciary isn't getting the job done. In any situation involving potential or actual conflict, you need to know your rights. Taking action to enforce your rights is the best way to ensure that you receive the treatment you deserve. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2013 Martin Shenkman |
New Take on Trust Strategy Tax changes may affect investing ideas about bypass trusts, grantor trusts and other estate planning steps. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Alan R. Eber |
The Tax Advisor: The Foreign Trust Tax Solution Clients want protection against future creditors and unscrupulous predators. The foreign asset protection trust may in many cases provide the ideal defense. Also, some tax burdens can be relieved, legally, with Foreign Asset Protection Trusts (FAPT). |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Eric Rasmussen |
The Horror Whether it's sibling rivalries, poorly thought out trusts or simply greed, the estate planning world offers an abundance of horror stories. |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Lewis Schiff |
A Prospect With a Plan A prospect with an existing plan often presents opportunities. |
Financial Advisor September 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Here Come The Big Boys Fidelity and Pershing are competing for advisors' trust business. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2005 Mitchell Rose |
Estates Gone Awry Financial advisers can play a key role in avoiding common trust mistakes. Whether you are in on the original estate plan or your client already has one, you can help avoid future fiascos by revisiting it regularly. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Thrupthi Reddy |
How Not to Get Sued If you're a fiduciary and don't want to get sued --- and fined --- pay close attention to this litigation expert. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2011 Alan J. Foxman |
When Clients Make Questionable Decisions What is our fiduciary duty regarding elderly clients with diminishing mental capacity?... An elderly couple, who are clients of one of our investment advisors, want to name him in their wills as the trustee of a trust for their child... |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Heir Loss Beneficiary problems can cause even the best financial plans to go awry. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Martin M. Shenkman |
High Net Worth: Estate Planning: Your Prudent Practice The Prudent Investor Act offers you an opportunity to grow your trust assets under management. Capitalizing on the complexity and liability fiduciaries face presents a tremendous marketing opportunity for the savvy financial planner. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Barbara H. Cane |
Heirs With Special Needs Here's how you can help your financial advisory clients prepare for the future of disabled loved ones. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Martin M Shenkman |
Decision: Unitrust Unitrusts are not broadly understood within the financial planning industry, so knowing when to unitrust and when not to unitrust can give you a leg up with your client. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Bob Clark |
The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Jay J. Freireich |
Earning Trust Financial planners can protect clients asked to manage a trust by advising them to review the responsibilities with their own lawyers to ensure that they understand the risks. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 |
It's a Matter of Trust Letter to the Editor: The Trust Threat... Not All Trusts Are Created Equally... |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Tracey Longo |
Getting A Share Of Trust Assets Trust assets are up for grabs and often are there for the asking, provided financial advisors know the right questions to ask. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Martin Shenkman |
Oblique Lens Every client and advisor is aware of key life events and how they may have an impact on planning. However, the real planning opportunities are often subtle. Don't let them go unnoticed. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Eric L. Reiner |
Daddy, Can I Please Have A Beneficiary-Controlled Trust? An alternative to passing assets outright gains popularity with financial advisors and high-net worth clients alike. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Preventing Client Abuse: Financial Advisors Are Vulnerable As the case against Brooke Astor's son illustrated, even clients with reputable advisors can be vulnerable to predators who often target the elderly and those in declining health. |
Financial Advisor June 2005 Bruce W. Fraser |
The Rush To Dynasty Trusts It remains to be seen whether dynasty trusts will endure. Meantime, they remain a viable way for the wealthy to shield assets over generations, and for financial advisors they can be a lucrative source of fee income. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Martin M Shenkman |
Another Door Closes The Supreme Court recently reached a decision that ends the ability of most trusts and estates to deduct investment management fees. It is vital to understand the rules so you can help clients maximize the deductions they might qualify for. |
Trusts & Estates November 11, 2002 Christopher H. Gadsden |
The Hershey Power Play The Hershey imbroglio -- and the proposed state legislation it has inspired -- may broaden the state attorney general's scope of review of charitable trusts, burden trustees of charitable trusts with new duties, and cause donors to doubt whether their charitable purposes will be served. |
Financial Advisor May 2011 Eric Rasmussen |
Busting Into Trusts Personal trust assets are moving out of the longstanding grip of bank trust departments. It's the independent RIAs' game to lose if they don't step up. |
Financial Advisor October 2004 Gail Liberman |
Advisors Moving Trusts For Cost Savings Like a game of chess, lawyers and wealth advisors are saving their clients money by moving trusts to states with more attractive laws. |
Financial Advisor September 2006 Tracey Longo |
There For The Asking? Some agree banks' loss of investors' trust assets is a financial advisor's gain. Now, for that marketing plan. |
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 Glenn G. Kautt |
Are You Certifiable? As regulators turn up the heat on the planning profession, can you meet the highest fiduciary standards available today? |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
A Trust for All Seasons: Revocable Trusts Due in large part to its flexibility, the revocable trust is often used as a person's primary estate-planning document, establishing who should receive the grantor's property after death. |
Financial Advisor November 2011 |
Frontline News Managing volatility in unstable markets... Patent -- and potential hassles -- pending over wealthcare case... Bank on it (not)... |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Daniels, Leibell & Prince |
An RLT Primer Estate planners are finding the revocable living trust (RLT) to be an increasingly popular and useful tool. Some, however, are guilty of overstating the benefits of the RLT, and this can confuse clients and lead to some embracing RLTs for the wrong reasons. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 Martin Shenkman |
Time for a New Estate Planning Strategy? Recent tax changes mean that planners may have to rethink the ways they invest clients assets. |
Financial Advisor August 2010 Lori K. Murphy |
Easing The Stress Here's how financial advisors and estate planners can work together to help those with mentally impaired family members. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Estate Planning Nirvana? Self-Settled Trusts Explored Self-settled trusts seem to offer the impossible: They remove assets from an individual's estate while still allowing them to benefit from them. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Barbara H. Cane |
The Uncertainty Principle How do you advise your clients on estate planning when the rules are constantly changing? |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Anne Field |
Staying On Top of It While the market is reaching levels not seen in years, financial advisors have much to be wary about given the steady drumbeat of corporate scandals and complaints. |
Financial Advisor March 2007 Gregory Bresiger |
Distribution Nightmare Ready to rollover a client's inherited nonspousal IRA? Look out, financial advisor! There's plenty of danger just around the corner, if one is not a tax specialist. |