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Financial Advisor
April 2008
Eric L. Reiner |
Hedging Your Bets Richard Lee Jr. presides over the 50-person Dallas advisory Lee Financial Corp. A private placement fund of hedge funds that Richard Lee Jr. uses for clients returned nearly 20% last year.   |
Financial Advisor
October 2008 |
Frontline News News: Wall Street Meltdown Could Swell RIA Ranks... Citigroup Defection Illustrates Talent Flight To RIAs... Merger Creates $1 Billion Fee-Only RIA Firm... Boosting Retirement Savings Longevity... Is The Commodities Party Over?... Hometown Investing Can Spoil A Portfolio... |
Registered Rep.
January 8, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
A Hedge Fund Resurgence There is legislation in Congress that would require hedge funds to make greater disclosures about the details of their operations. The increased regulation coupled with a recent uptick in hedge fund performance will likely entice some advisors to put their clients back into hedge funds. |
Financial Advisor
August 2004 |
New Accounts Won't Cover Lifetime Medical Cost Health Savings Accounts will fall short... Advisors Cautious On New Hedge Fund Rule... Portfolio Management Software... Managers Bullish On U.S. Equities... etc. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Fund Backlash Investors deserted hedge funds in droves in 2008, angered by the perceived arrogance of managers who weren't holding up to their promises. |
Financial Advisor
April 2010
Jeff Schlegel |
An Alternative World A growing number of financial advisors and their clients are clamoring for alternative investments in the wake of the massive market maelstrom of '08-'09, but it's a broad space requiring lots of due diligence. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2008
Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds? |
Financial Advisor
August 2012 |
Frontline News Health-care reform taxes alter client strategies... RIA firms to expand staff this year... Banking On Business: The principals at Firstrust... |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2009
Dean Foust |
Portfolio Planning: A Case Study Five advisers come up with a financial plan for a hypothetical baby boomer couple with kids in college, aging parents, and a decimated retirement account. |
Financial Advisor
December 2006
Evan Simonoff |
Challenging Conventional Wisdom The independent advisory market is changing, perhaps in some surprising ways. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Elizabeth Wine |
Hedge Funds: Are They Worth It? Strategists in the wirehouses and elsewhere say hedge funds were wrongly maligned, and that the good funds can still serve the purpose of diversifying a portfolio and reducing risk. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010
Neil O'Hara |
Alternatives: Vehicles That Smooth Returns A decade of tepid returns in the equity market has increased interest in investments that exhibit low correlation to traditional asset classes like stocks or bonds. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2006
Len Reinhart |
Retirement Hedges To meet your clients' needs, your process will have to include planning for each stage of their retirement years. If used correctly, alternative investments can reduce risk in lifetime investment plans. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009 |
The Soapbox: What You Need to Know About Hedge Fund Conversions Not all hedge funds can be seamlessly converted into mutual funds. |
Investment Advisor
May 2007 |
The IA 25 This year's list of the 25 most influential individuals in and around the planning profession: Mary Shapiro... Rudy Adolf... Robert Arnott... Mark Tibergien... etc. |
Financial Advisor
August 2008
Jef Schlegel |
The Clock Is Ticking If you believe the hype, the retirement picture isn't pretty. How secure are your clients' retirement plans? |
Financial Advisor
November 2009 |
Frontline News Advisor News: Poll on advisor pay... Citi Embracing Fee-Only Model... RIAs Set Record For Repurchasing Their Firms... FINRA Expands Arbitration Pilot Program... SEC Expects To Examine 9% Of RIAs Annually... more... |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2008
Brooke Southall |
RIA Power Registered investment advisory firms are bringing in more assets these days than are wirehouse brokerage firms. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
From Complexity to Simplicity And Back Using plain-vanilla mutual funds, retail advisors can build low-correlating portfolios, like absolute-return portfolios. In fact, the sophisticated financial advisor is performing like a mini-institutional consultant of yore. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008 |
Frontline News News for the Financial Industry: Tumult Could Expand Ranks Of RIAs... M&A Activity Remains Healthy... Independent B-Ds: Don't Tread On Us... Who Has The Most Satisfied Advisors?... The Business Of Serving Business Owners... etc. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2007
Nanette Byrnes |
Can Retirees Afford This Much Risk? Public pensions may have grown addicted to high-risk alternative investments. |
Registered Rep.
November 18, 2008
Brooke Southall |
Schwab Re-Org Combines RIAs With Retirement Biz Schwab Institutional had an awesome year in 2008, but it isn't resting on it's laurels. Schwab is reorganizing, removing a well-respected executive, and combining the RIA unit with the retirement and corporate services unit. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Neil O'Hara |
Dearth of Easy Pickings? Now that retail investors are able to partake of hedge funds in unprecedented numbers, some are calling hedge investing a bubble about to be popped... Largest SEC Registered Funds of Funds... Hedge Fund Index Performance... |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2003
D. Quinn Mills |
The Problem with Hedge Funds Hedge funds are the New Big Thing -- and that's bad for the average investor, says professor D. Quinn Mills. An excerpt from Wheel, Deal, and Steal. |
Financial Advisor
November 2007
Jeff Schlegel |
New Twists On The Oldest Economy Formerly plodding agriculture is now running in the fast lane, but the run-up in index performances and in the valuations of certain agribusinesses might give investors pause despite the sector's seemingly positive long-term trends. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Deciphering the Rules of Retirement Advice Title VI of the the Pension Protection Act, far from being a clear-cut signal for reps to dive into the retirement advice business, does, however, open the door wider to advice giving. |
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Kathleen M. McBride |
Hybrid Vehicles? Mutual funds have brought Main Street into investing and been the lifeblood of most advisors' practices. In the future, will there be a better way to invest? |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2008
Lauren Young |
Target-Date Funds Hit Their Stride They're finally investing in the wider array of products that have helped put big pension funds ahead of the pack. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
David Geracioti |
In Praise of Gains, Any Gains Hedge funds are not the daredevil investment vehicle that they're made out to be. In fact, they might very well be an essential component of a bear market portfolio. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008 |
Frontline News News: As the number of financial advisory players shrinks, recruiting intensifies... Pomering to run Moss Adams' RIA unit... Pershing advisor solutions sets exec committee... Larger taxable distributions on mutual funds... etc. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006 |
Now and Then When it comes to plowing through the complexities that are associated with retirement planning, advisors need all the help they can get. Fidelity looks ahead to dominate retirement planning now. |
Financial Advisor
February 2007 |
Frontline News Schwab Offering Loans To RIAs Going Independent... TD Ameritrade Purchases iRebal... Suitability Standards For DPPs Could Rise... N.J. Firm Was B-D's Biggest Catch In '06... etc. |
Investment Advisor
April 2007
Michael S. Fischer |
Behind the Curtain RIAs and their high-net-worth clients have dramatically increased the use of alternative investments in their portfolios in recent years, and are on track to continue this trend. However, not all advisors, much less their clients, are comfortable with alternatives. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Eric Rasmussen |
Draining The Swamp 2008 has been said to be the worst year for hedge funds in two decades. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Evan Simonoff |
The Other Side Of Hedge Funds Some advisors are using hedge funds to minimize risk, not boost returns. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Fido Attacks! Long a distant second to Charles Schwab in the lucrative business of serving financial advisors, Fidelity is making an aggressive push to close that gap. And some advisors are taking notice. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008
Andrew Gluck |
America's Financial Crisis Here are abstracts from interviews with seven leading advisors and analysts, all experienced, successful thought-leaders in the business of investment advice. |
Financial Advisor
March 2004 |
Frontline News Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt stunned attendees at TD Waterhouse's annual conference in Orlando in early February when, in response to a question, he indicated he was opposed to a proposed rule that would grant exemption from registered investment advisor registration for wirehouse brokers. |
Registered Rep.
February 10, 2012
Mark Miller |
New Focus on Small Workplace Retirement Plans Means Lower Fees, Opportunity for RIAs The spoils of the 401(k) market have always gone to the large players -- big retirement plan providers providing the best, most efficient plans to big plan sponsors. But small is starting to look beautiful. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Michael S. Fischer |
Getting In How to gain access to private equity, managed futures, and hedge funds. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007
Jeff Schlegel |
A Real (Estate) Mess In the wake of the subprime debacle, investors rethink the ways they are investing in real estate. |
Financial Advisor
December 2003
Jeff Schlegel |
Qualified Plans Rock Through Bear Market The rising demand for advice is changing the 401(k) business. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2007
John Churchill |
Can Schwab's RIA Empire be Toppled? Last year the online-broker-turned-advice-provider extended an already massive lead over rivals Fidelity and TD Ameritrade in RIA asset gathering. Is there no challenger to Schwab's throne? |
CFO
August 1, 2003
Randy Myers |
Casting for Returns To juice up their sagging portfolios, pension fund managers are seeking alternative investments. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Hedge Funds' Surprising Appeal Independent broker-dealers are adding them at a time when the funds' returns are declining. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Jeanne Lee & Marion Asnes |
Markets Under Siege Now that familiar Wall Street landmarks are gone, advisors are trying to determine what the new, brutal market environment will mean for their businesses, what may happen next and how it might affect their client relationships. |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Ray Fazzi |
Retirement Dreams Deferred Vanguard Group's Fran Kinniry addresses why what some call the lost decade for equities shouldn't cause clients to bail at just the wrong time. |
Registered Rep.
June 15, 2009
Kristen French |
Hedge Funds Bruised, But New Retail Products Abound So far this year, investors and advisors seem to have put the brakes on new hedge fund investments. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Trolling for 401(k) Treasure Congress is expected to enact new pension legislation that would make it easier for financial advisors to work with participants in company retirement programs. |
