Andrew Osterland

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NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 06, 2011
BofA's woes making life difficult for Merrill advisers

Warren E. Buffett's $5 billion vote of confidence in Bank of America Corp. last Thursday notwithstanding, Merrill Lynch advisers have been forced to reassure clients over the past few weeks that their parent company is not headed for insolvency.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 06, 2011
Dear Mom and Dad: Camp is great; I won a medal for investing!

For some children of the extremely affluent, vacation will mean taking part in special programs designed to help them deal with issues surrounding wealth

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 06, 2011
Advisory Industry frets over serving Gens X & Y

While straining to meet the retirement needs of baby boomers, the advisory business is starting to recognize that it faces another demographic challenge: finding a profitable way to deal with Generation X and Y investors who have less affinity to financial advisers than older investors do

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 04, 2011
A decade of change for wealth managers

Bill McMahon was on the 69th floor of 2 World Trade Center — the South Tower — when the first plane hit the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001

NEWS RIAS AUG 28, 2011
Baird lures father-son team from Wells Fargo

Robert W. Baird & Co. has lured father-son team M. William McCollum Jr. and Travis McCollum from Wells Fargo Advisors LLC to work in its Charlotte, N.C., office.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 24, 2011
Portfolio managers reverse course on outlook

Portfolio managers were as shaken as individual investors by the recent market turmoil, according to the results of the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch global survey of fund managers

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 24, 2011
Pessimism rules as portfolio managers reverse course on outlook

Portfolio managers were as shaken as individual investors by last week's market turmoil according to a global survey of fund managers that found that sentiment has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

BofA wealth management untouched by record loss from mortgages
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 19, 2011
BofA wealth management untouched by record loss from mortgages

Bank of America Corp. is continuing to invest in its wealth management division, despite suffering a record loss from mortgages.

NEWS RIAS AUG 17, 2011
After getting nuts and bolts right, focus on clients' emotional well-being

In 2007, Rick Kahler lost five of his six employees within two months.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 15, 2011
Risk-minded investors shift focus to alternative funds

Investors and financial advisers may be elated that the S&P 500 has almost doubled since it bottomed in March 2009, but that improvement hasn't erased the memories of 2008