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.

Liz Skinner
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YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2013
Don't condescend to Gen Y women

Advisers who can show how they can make a person's financial life easier — without coming off as condescending — will find an enthusiastic audience in Generation Y women, experts said.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2013
Advisers should invest in employing Gen Y

'Critically important' for the industry to better educate students on value of career in advice.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 06, 2013
A new way to benchmark Section 529 plans

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 03, 2013
Making it a priority to work with clients' children can pay off

NEWS RIAS NOV 01, 2013
Want to keep the inheritance in-house? Try a different approach

Gen Xers and Millennials approach financial advice differently than their parents. Advisers need to learn what makes them tick to hold onto the family's assets.

NEWS RIAS OCT 31, 2013
Advisers who serve have a double duty — to Uncle Sam and their clients

Anyone who thinks they have busy days should listen to Chris Pollard's tale. This Regent Wealth Management Group financial adviser spent a year activated in the Army National Guard as a budget analyst by day — while serving his 100 advisory clients at night and over the weekends.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 31, 2013
Advisers must take closer look at continuity plans, SEC says

Financial firms asked to shorten the time it takes to recover from an emergency.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 31, 2013
Regulators want firms to improve continuity plans

Advisers encouraged to increase disaster preparedness following Superstorm Sandy

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 28, 2013
How to develop 'sticky' clients

Deep relationships and sense of community help advisers retain clients, adviser coach says.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 28, 2013
Communicating with couples requires special tactics

Sometimes a shift in focus — and body — is necessary to make a point.