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Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Loaded for Bear A year after the worldwide nosedive, though, things look brighter for managed accounts. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Doling out the Bounty Financial planners have many more investment vehicles to choose from as mutual funds, SMAs and ETFs compete for their assets. While planners have their preferences, new kinds of accounts make it easier to devote some money to each. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
The Right Package Fee-based asset management accounts have reached the trillion-dollar level. Some financial planners are finding new flexibility in these packaged deals. |
Financial Planning December 17, 2007 David E. Adler |
High Net Worth: UMAs vs. SMAs Some industry observers say unified managed accounts do what separately managed accounts can't -- others call them overpriced gimmicks. |
Financial Advisor August 2004 Sydney LeBlanc |
Independent Broker-Dealers Improving SMA Programs Historically, independent advisors have been forced to sit on the sidelines while wirehouses led the way in products and technology for separately managed accounts. Increasingly, things seem to be changing. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 Ann Marsh |
What Cachet? The sales pitch for separately managed accounts often goes something like this: "So you want to invest with the big boys but you've only got $100,000 to $200,000?" |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Sydney LeBlanc |
Joe Sixpack's Family Office? The Unified Managed Account actually is the newest SMA kid on the block, enabling clients to get a single statement across different products including SMAs, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, as well as multiple SMA managers. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Kevin Burke |
The SMA Migraine Separate accounts have been the "it" product for the financial advisory business for several years. So, why have money managers cooled to this seemingly irresistible financial confection? |
On Wall Street September 1, 2008 Neil OHara |
SMAs: Overhyped or Underused? Separately managed accounts are often touted for their tax advantages. But some investors don't maximize that potential. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Pam Black |
A Separate Reality The separately managed account revolution might well be sweeping the financial services industry. That transformation, while still somewhat slow, is inexorable, but also incomplete. So far, for the most part, SMAs aren't being used correctly. |
Registered Rep. October 24, 2005 Halah Touryalai |
UMAs: The Next Big Thing The unified managed account appears to have all the ingredients needed for delivering a fully diversified, customized portfolio for the tax-sensitive retail investor -- albeit at a princely price to the client. |
Financial Advisor December 2003 Sydney LeBlanc |
Unified We Stand The latest sensation in managed accounts offers streamlined service. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Lee Chertavian |
Front and Center It may be better to centralize some unified managed account functions -- like overlay portfolio management -- than to farm them out to advisors. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Paul Oliu |
Client Rules Apply Separately managed accounts (SMAs) have never lived up to their promise of offering clients true flexibility. |
Entrepreneur March 2004 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Do It Your Way Tailor your portfolio with separately managed accounts. |
Financial Advisor September 2007 Sydney LeBlanc |
Not Just For The Big Boys Anymore Advances in technology make separately managed accounts available to smaller investors. |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Sydney LeBlanc |
ETFs and SMAs: Side By Side Now, separately managed accounts can mean anything, from an entire basket of different separate account managers to an account also holding mutual funds, cash, and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Of these companion investment vehicles, ETFs are proving to be one of the most popular. |
Financial Advisor December 2005 Sydney LeBlanc |
SMAs Make Taxes, Well ... Not So Taxing Here are some strategies for financial advisors to help keep clients' dollars out of harm's way at tax time. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Sydney LeBlanc |
Breaking The Mold The new SMA environment will allow advisors to demonstrate in a truly value-added fashion that they bring a great deal of expertise to the table from which clients can benefit. |
Investment Advisor July 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Retirement Advisor Profile Novice unified managed accounts (UMAs): just right for retiring boomers. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kevin Burke |
Actively Adding Value to Passive Investments Separately managed accounts that invest exclusively in exchange-traded funds are vying for a place at the advisory table, as an increasing number of money managers look to cash in on the popularity of these very cheap, very liquid investments. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Maya Ivanova |
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 John Churchill |
Aiming Downmarket Thanks to technological advances and the introduction of multimanager products (so-called multidiscipline accounts, or MDAs), advisors can now put clients into managed accounts with as little as $25,000. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Randy Bullard |
The Next New Thing First there were Separately Managed Accounts, now Unified Managed Accounts. Could the next step be Household Managed Accounts? |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Marla Brill |
ETF Portfolios To Go ETF portfolio management services pitch to financial advisors. |
Wall Street & Technology October 28, 2008 Melanie Rodier |
UMAs Continue to Grow in Turbulent Financial Markets Amid the worst market turmoil in a generation, high-net-worth investors are increasingly entrusting their long-term wealth to unified management accounts. Fueled by the accounts' asset diversity and rebalancing agility. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Tracey Longo |
Symposium Roundup The 2nd Annual Financial Advisor Symposium showed how to transform your practice to meet retiring boomers' needs. |
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 2005 Tracey Longo |
All For Advisors Brokerage executives are doing their best to deliver the tools advisors need to move their business to the next level, while still remaining efficient. That includes streamlined technology, investment and rebalancing selections, outsourcing, practice management and business development assistance. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios. |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Michelle Knight |
Rethinking Bond ETFs Most investors buy bond ETFs at a premium and sell at a discount, a dynamic that is an undeniable black mark on fixed-income ETFs. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj |
Five Questions With Amy Strong Joining Financial Research Corp. as a research analyst in 2007, she examines the state of the industry and marketing effectiveness. |
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2007 Tim Clark |
Rounding Out Wealth As unified manged accounts go mainstream, new technologies are emerging to support the next wave of wealth management. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 John Churchill |
SMAs: More Room to Boom The separately managed account industry continues to grow, but the investment vehicle has yet to truly take off. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Down But Not Out For mutual funds, 2008 was the year of the ebb tide: Long-term funds saw net outflows of $226 billion. The carnage continued in the first quarter of 2009, when an additional $43 billion flowed out of equity funds. |
Financial Advisor November 2003 |
Advisor Emporium Lockwood Advisors Launches MDA And Wrap Program... S&P Improves Database... Investors Capital Expands... Income From Equipment Leases... etc. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine |
ETFs and Closed-End Funds: New Strategies for a New Day The range of ETFs continues to grow and advisors are graduating to the next level of sophistication, from the traditional use of gaining quick access to a sector or country, to now delivering alpha to clients. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
FP 50: Revenue Rising The money stream is flowing again: After two years of stagnant or, worse, shrinking revenue, the 50 largest independent broker-dealers report their annual revenues rebounded last year - significantly in many cases. |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Timing Is Everything Now that (nearly) all asset classes have sunk, advisors are rethinking their investment strategies. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Len Reinhart |
The Bigger Picture Will overlay management become the new business model for separately managed accounts? |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Sydney LeBlanc |
Derivative Use In SMA Portfolios Advisors searching for unique and suitable strategies for SMA clients may find that using derivatives to implement risk management in their portfolios is another way of adding real value as well as portfolio protection in uncertain market environments. |
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. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Elizabeth D. Festa |
UMAs & CIFs: New 401(k) Solutions A Retirement Planner Profile: John Newman's group at Denver-based Fiserv ISS is poised to take advantage of the new trend toward outside management of asset allocation in retirement plans -- and away from do-it-yourself 401(k) investing. |
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 February 2008 |
Frontline News News of interest to the financial advisory industry: Fiduciary Network Buys Stake In Brouwer, Janachowski... Morningstar Names Top Fund Managers... Advisors Gather At Tech Show... State Of The Industry... etc. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Somnath Basu |
Back To Basics Advisors don't need to rely on complicated models to help clients avert losses. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Carl Resnick |
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Robert F. Keane |
The Green Advisor: Adding ESG to Asset Allocation New portfolios aim to help advisors align values and diversification. |
Financial Advisor October 2004 Sydney LeBlanc |
Your SMA Business Primer Start here to learn how to open separately managed accounts (SMAs) for your clients. |
On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Susan Konig |
Dream Teams In a recent survey, 80.7% of financial advisors polled cited improved efficiency as a very important advantage to working in a team environment. |