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Registered Rep.
October 13, 2010
Charles Paikert |
SEC Family Office Ruling Set to Open Doors for RIAs to Gather Assets RIAs can benefit from family offices' inclination to gravitate to smaller, boutique firms, as opposed to working with impersonal financial behemoths.   |
Registered Rep.
July 12, 2011
Charles Paikert |
Family Office Quandary May Benefit Wealth Managers For single-family offices, a recent Securities and Exchange Commission ruling marked the beginning of an identity crisis writ large -- one that will reshape the family office business and may ultimately benefit wealth and asset managers. |
Registered Rep.
February 29, 2012
Charles Paikert |
Ruling Hits Family Offices on Cost, Disclosure Family offices received an unpleasant and unexpected surprise earlier this month -- they are now going to have to register their commodity and futures trades. It will be an onerous, and potentially costly, process, many say. |
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
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Dodd-Frank: An Overview Of Pending Changes For Investment Advisors Dodd-Frank deadlines are fast approaching. Are you ready? |
Registered Rep.
October 27, 2010
Charles Paikert |
Multi-family Offices Riding High; Single-family Offices Recovering But Nervous Multi-family offices have enjoyed strong growth over the past couple of years, while single-family offices are seeing some improvement, but are nervous about new regulation, according to two new surveys. |
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 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
July 2004
Jeff Schlegel |
The Asset Protection Boom Interest in asset protection among the affluent has doubled since 2000. |
Investment Advisor
April 11, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
SEC to Meet Dodd-Frank's July Deadline on 'Switch,' Private Fund, Venture Fund Advisors While final rules will be out by July 21, SEC will give advisors more time to comply |
Investment Advisor
June 1, 2011
Thomas D. Giachetti |
From Deadlines to Lifelines The SEC extension of registration deadlines provides a potential grace period for stressed out advisors. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Grove & Prince |
Onward, Downward The new family-office model has a very different motive: profit, as opposed to privilege. |
Financial Advisor
July 2008 |
Frontline News News of interest to the financial community: CFP Board's New Conduct Standards... SEC Examining More RIAs... Advisors Await Word On New Privacy Regulations... First Western Buys Fourth RIA Firm, Doubles Size...etc. |
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
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. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
David Tittsworth |
What a Reinvigorated SEC Will Mean for You The first in a series of occasional commentaries by the executive director of the Investment Adviser Association. |
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
March 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Fiduciary Rule May Hit by Summer Despite the advisory industry's hopes that the Securities and Exchange Commission would get a quick start on writing a rule to put brokers under the same fiduciary standard as advisors, it looks as though a rulemaking could come by summer. |
Financial Advisor
October 2004
Grove & Prince |
Family Offices: Assets And Motivations As advisors and financial services firms vie to add the most affluent clients to their roster, the family office is at the top of the list when it comes to assets and opportunity. |
Investment Advisor
January 2007
Bob Clark |
The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings. |
ifeminists
September 17, 2002
Wendy McElroy |
Dirty Dealings Kill Men's Panel Nearly every state has a commission on women, but New Hampshire was the first to establish a state-level commission on the status of men. However, the list of nominees for the commission contains few that strongly support men's issues. One nominee even opposed formation of the commission. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
House, Senate Hearings Next on Fiduciary Industry groups lobby for user fees to fund advisor exams in lieu of an SRO. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Karen Krebsbach |
Great, Great Grandkids: Until Their Death Do We Part Banks are realizing that the dynasty trust, that multigenerational, flexible, tax-avoidance technique ever more popular in wealth-management circles, is surprisingly well-suited to the kind of long-term trusteeship at which they excel. |
Financial Advisor
September 2008
Tracey Longo |
Laws Of Attraction A firm's ability to navigate trusts can be their calling-card to attract high-net-worth clients. |
Investment Advisor
November 17, 2010
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Will You Stay SEC Registered in 2011? Regulatory changes could cause confusion for advisors |
Financial Advisor
October 2012 |
Stalled: Tougher Fiduciary Standard For Brokers Even with Wall Street and consumer advocates allied in pushing for it, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to raise standards for brokers advising retail investors has run aground. |
Registered Rep.
July 24, 2007
John Churchill |
SEC to RIAs: Welcome In keeping with regulators trying to be more proactive and less reactive, the SEC is cozying up to newly registered investment advisers. |
Financial Advisor
July 2007
Robert Casey |
Shifting Into High Gear Think your advisory firm did well last year? Maybe so. But if assets grew by less than 25%, you fell behind the average of independent registered investment advisors participating in the second annual Top RIA Survey. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004
Shaw Grove & Alan Prince |
Because They Can With more advisors chasing high-net-worth clients, family offices have officially entered "buyer's market" territory, which is bad news for those who dislike tending to the nonfinancial demands of ultrawealthy clients. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
John Churchill |
A Monster Issue Will the SEC withdraw the Broker-Dealer Exemption, causing reps to back away from adviser status? If so, the impact could cause substantial disruption in the markets. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: Financial Services Reform Finalized SEC gets fiduciary powers, but lack of self funding may pose trouble |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2011
Kristen French |
SEC Says Bigger Budget Is Supported By BCG Report In testimony before Congress Thursday, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro made a case for an increase in the agency's funding to $1.407 billion for 2012. |
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
January 2005
Grove & Prince |
The Future Of The Family Office Several new business models are fueling the growth of these firms: information drawn from the authors' latest book, Inside the Family Office: Managing the Fortunes of the Exceptionally Wealthy. |
Registered Rep.
January 11, 2011
Kristen French |
Expect SRO For Advisers, Fiduciary Fix For Brokers Compliance consultants, securities lawyers and lobbyists overwhelmingly agree that the SEC will recommend both. |
Financial Advisor
November 2004
Grove & Prince |
Family Offices: Assets And Motivations Because a growing number of families want to get into or open a family office, there's never been a greater need to understand the way that family offices function, what they want and how they get it. A survey spotlights some surprising preferences and motivations. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
GOP's End Game in Nixing SEC Funds: Stopping Dodd-Frank Republicans' rehashing of supposed failures at the SEC is 'counter-productive,' says former Chairman Harvey Pitt |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2003
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Prudence Redefined (Finally) Baby boomers and their parents are expected to pump more money -- and life -- into the trust market over the next decade while the definition of "prudent investing" for trusts continues to evolve in a broker-friendly manner. Brokerages are taking notice -- and so should you. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2013
Martin Shenkman |
Estate Planning Game Changer This year's tax deal could radically shift the way your clients handle tax and estate issues. Here are some strategies to consider. |
Entrepreneur
May 2004
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Trust Me Asset-protection trusts are one way for business owners and wealthy individuals to cover their assets when creditors come knocking. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Smith & Bleeker |
Who's More to Blame: Congress or the SEC? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Let's bullet-point some of the failures of both Congress and the SEC to determine which is more to blame for the current crisis. |
