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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Finra oversight of advisers gaining 'mo
NEWS RIAS SEP 19, 2011
Finra oversight of advisers gaining 'mo

A parade of Industry experts and regulators testified in front on a Congressional panel today on whether investment advisers need a self-regulatory organization. The upshot? An SRO is necessary -- and Finra may be the best bet for the job.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 18, 2011
New public list catalogs $1 million donors

A new online database allows donors and advisers to search for donations of $1 million or more

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 18, 2011
Advisers: How to make your bottom line a top priority

Cheryl Holland didn't worry about the bottom line during the first 10 years at her financial advisory firm, Abacus Planning Group Inc.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 12, 2011
MSRB's proposal is stricter

Regulator aims to tighten rules for 529 plan providers
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 12, 2011
Regulator aims to tighten rules for 529 plan providers

MSRB to issue more guidance on college savings vehicles by year-end; could be complicated for distributors

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 11, 2011
What was Showtime smoking?

A recent episode of “Weeds,” a Showtime television series that features a marijuana-selling single mom, raises the question of what would happen if a crooked financial professional managed a federal investigator's retirement money

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 08, 2011
Most Dodd-Frank adviser changes remain up in the air

The bold new era of regulation that Congress laid out in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law has not arrived — at least not for financial advisers.

SEC wants comments on how to kill off outdated rules
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 07, 2011
SEC wants comments on how to kill off outdated rules

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 06, 2011
Gen Y looks to Twitter, not advisers, for financial info

Advisers need to get with the times, survey results suggest

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 04, 2011
Media revolution changed markets

Mike McGervey recalls the utter surprise of it all