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 REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 07, 2011
Philly RIA to return $11M to clients

A Philadelphia registered investment adviser has agreed to return nearly $11 million for misappropriating funds from clients who were told their money would support socially conscious investments, while it really went to pay the adviser's debts and for other purposes, according to federal regulators

NEWS RIAS AUG 04, 2011
Brotherly Love? Philly RIA to return nearly $11M to clients

A Philadelphia registered investment adviser agreed to pay nearly $11 million for misappropriating funds from clients who were told their money would support socially conscious investments, while it really went to pay the adviser's debts and for other purposes, according to federal regulators.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 03, 2011
Mr. Bates goes to Washington?

A financial adviser for 13 years, Don Bates Jr. seems determined to find a place for himself in Congress

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 29, 2011
Identifying elder financial fraud

Advisers can be guardians of their elderly clients' best interests, shielding them from financial fraud in ways that even family members can't

Structured products 'absurdly destructive' for retail investors: Report
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 27, 2011
Structured products 'absurdly destructive' for retail investors: Report

Retail investors have lost at least $113B in complex investment instruments since 2008, study say

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 26, 2011
Phyllis Borzi: Protecting the Everyman's benefits

Phyllis Borzi has come a long way since her days as a high school English teacher.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 20, 2011
J.P. Morgan to manage, distribute N.Y.'s adviser-sold 529

NEWS RIAS JUL 19, 2011
Real estate for advisory firm owners: 'Everything is negotiable'

Financial advisers around the United States are taking advantage of the depressed corporate-real-estate market to move into bigger or more impressive office space that they couldn't have afforded before prices dipped.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2011
Wedbush ordered to pay $3.5M for 'morally reprehensible failure'

Wedbush Securities Inc. was ordered to pay former municipal bond trader Stephen Kelleher $3.5 million for failing to give him years' worth of incentive-based compensation he was owed

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 13, 2011
Guidance imminent on 401(k) income products

The Treasury Department will soon offer guidance on lifetime income options in 401(k) plans with the aim of curbing the number of individuals who are likely to outlive their retirement savings.