Liz Skinner

Liz Skinner is Special Projects Editor for InvestmentNews and Editor of ESG Clarity US. She has been a financial reporter and editor at InvestmentNews for 10 years. Liz joined InvestmentNews after five years as a reporter for Bloomberg News, where she covered the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other business news out of the nation’s capital. Off the clock, she’s raising two fearless girls and enjoys running, ice-skating and traveling to as many cities and beaches as possible. She has an MA in Environmental Resource Policy from George Washington University and you can connect with her on Twitter @SkinnerLiz.

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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 05, 2011
Advisers turning to philanthropy experts

Financial advisers who broach the topic of philanthropy with clients don't have to know how to reforest denuded land in Moldova or how to structure a scientific advisory board

GunnAllen former execs to pay for client data breaches
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 05, 2011
GunnAllen former execs to pay for client data breaches

Three former executives of defunct brokerage GunnAllen Financial Inc. agreed to pay $55,000 to settle government allegations that they failed to protect confidential customer information as the firm was going under.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 04, 2011
States, funds woo advisers as direct-sold 529s grow

Many investment firms and states have adjusted features within their Section 529 college savings plans over the past year to make them easier for financial advisers to deal with and thus more attractive

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 29, 2011
Barr Rosenberg barred from securities biz for life

The co-founder of Axa Rosenberg Group agreed to pay $2.5 million and be barred from the securities industry for life for failing to tell investors that there was an error in the computer code of the investment model he developed and the firm used to manage client assets.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 28, 2011
Making college possible pays off down the road

Financial advisers who go beyond what is typical in terms of helping with college planning are finding that clients reward them later with assets

Subaccounts now squarely on SEC's radar
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 23, 2011
Subaccounts now squarely on SEC's radar

Commission alert about possible abuses linked to subdivided account arrangements

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 23, 2011
Obama's tax ideas irk higher-income advisory clients

Certain tax proposals President Barack Obama is seeking as part of his plan to help America “live within its means” would be especially damaging to a broad swath of financial advisory clients — and not just the superrich ones

Deaf investment adviser defrauded 7,000 deaf clients: SEC
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 22, 2011
Deaf investment adviser defrauded 7,000 deaf clients: SEC

Texas man raked in more than $3.45M from alleged scheme

MSRB floats tough new rules for advisers in the muni market
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 22, 2011
MSRB floats tough new rules for advisers in the muni market

Regulator aims to impose fiduciary standard, compensation limits in bid to eliminate conflicts of interest

Alarming number of boomers exhausted savings during recession
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 20, 2011
Alarming number of boomers exhausted savings during recession

Older Americans also took Social Security earlier, with diminished payouts; 'profound impact on adults'