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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 September 2009 Cathleen M. Clauson	Unlocking Opportunity Trusts are a good way for advisors to expand their businesses. Here's why.
Financial Advisor March 2006 Charles Avalli	Challenging A Trustee Who is responsible when a trust shows poor performance? Good financial advisors need to help their clients find their way through a trust dispute.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
Investment Advisor August 2008 Lewis Schiff	A Prospect With a Plan A prospect with an existing plan often presents opportunities.
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 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 September 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff	Here Come The Big Boys Fidelity and Pershing are competing for advisors' trust business.
Financial Advisor June 2004 Jeff Schlegel	Special Needs Planning Requires Pioneering Spirit There isn't a lot of information out there to help financial professionals deal with the special needs of clients with disabled family members.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Bob Clark	The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings.
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 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.
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.
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 Planning November 1, 2010 Martin Shenkman	The Planning Powerhouse Irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs) remain the Rodney Dangerfield of planning tools-they just don't get enough respect.
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.
Financial Advisor April 2008 Gail Liberman	Power Of Attorney: A Can Of Worms? As the population ages, a power of attorney is becoming a more critical element to any client's financial plan. But this document can be riddled with pitfalls.
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 February 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman	Trust, But Verify The estate planning answer for a lot of parents is to leave inheritances in trust for the benefit of their child. But trusts vary widely, and because this is a message many clients miss, planners must reinforce the idea.
Financial Advisor October 2008	Holding On A rising number of people near retirement age are turning to so-called directed trusts to gain control over a certain part of their estates.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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 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?
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 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.
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.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Anne Tergesen	Where To Entrust Your Trust? Picking the right location is the key to success in real estate. Now it's also a crucial decision in the sleepy world of trust funds.
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 Advisor September 2007 Tracey Longo	Demand For Trusts Explodes Growing sophistication and complexity in people's lives, along with escalating wealth and an aging population, make trusts a necessity for a far wider swath of the U.S. population these days.
Financial Advisor July 2004 Jeff Schlegel	The Asset Protection Boom Interest in asset protection among the affluent has doubled since 2000.
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	Heir Loss Beneficiary problems can cause even the best financial plans to go awry.
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Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Martha White	Special Needs Clients: 'Retirement for 3' For families with a special-needs child, advisors must employ a variety of tactics.
Financial Advisor June 2007 Andrew Gluck	Affairs Of Estate Financial advisors who thrive in estate planning excel at helping clients identify their goals.
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.
U.S. Banker January 2002 Robert A. Bennett & David Lo	Wills Now Passe, Living Trusts Hip More and more Americans are creating living trusts, giving bankers more opportunities but also increasing their regulatory headaches. Care must be taken to assure that loans to these trusts are ultimately collectable...
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.
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 Advisor September 2005 Bruce W. Fraser	Through The Eyes Of Estate Planning Attorneys Attorneys and financial advisors are natural allies in the estate planning process, but if the relationship is not cultivated properly, it can deteriorate quickly.