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 RIAS MAR 18, 2014
IRS chief pushes for comprehensive reform, not piecemeal approach to tax reform

Meanwhile, Ways and Means to send tax extensions bill to full Senate on Thursday.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 18, 2014
Advisers eyeing Pimco carefully in wake of upheaval

Advisers are anxiously watching to see if the fund giant's recent management upheaval masks broader problems that could impact performance. Few are cutting and running. Yet.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2014
Advisers can add 3 percentage points to clients' net returns

Vanguard study details five investment practices that can boost portfolios.

NEWS RIAS MAR 17, 2014
Selling the least profitable part of your wealth management business

Selling smaller client relationships allows advisers to slow down but stay in the game a little longer. It's not easy but more are taking the plunge.

NEWS RIAS MAR 14, 2014
Prepare to be patient if you aim to serve wealthy business owners

This ultimately lucrative market is all work and little pay in the early part of the relationship.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 11, 2014
Passive investments now available in adviser-sold 529 plans

Giving investors and advisers to 'make a trade-off between the lower-cost option or the opportunity' from actively managed portfolios.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 05, 2014
College saving programs make changes as assets continue to rise

College savings plans continue to be popular with investors, and sponsors of the nearly 100 different Section 529 plans offered in the U.S. are tweaking fees and other features to attract assets.

NEWS RIAS MAR 04, 2014
Targeting CPAs for referrals requires careful approach

It's as much give as take in these valuable relationships.

NEWS RIAS MAR 03, 2014
Live! From TD Ameritrade Institutional: Advisers have targets on their backs from wirehouses, robo-advisers

To help advisers compete, executives announce rollout of update to VEO platform, intern network and a new retirement plan platform.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 27, 2014
Retirement expert Pfau talks options for withdrawal

Depends on where client is - living modestly in early years or enjoy days to fullest.