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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 11, 2010
Due diligence unduly important in tight job market

'Desperate' candidates going to great lengths to get hired by advisory firms; diploma with typos

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 11, 2010
Prenups are up – particularly among women

An 80-year-old woman approached attorney Brad Wiewel because she wanted a prenuptial agreement before her second marriage — just in case.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2010
Advisers plunge into providing health care

Whether it's helping downsized clients, assisting retirees whose benefits are being chiseled away or advising small-business owners on health care options for their companies, a growing number of financial advisers find themselves navigating the murky waters of health care insurance.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 11, 2010
Ponzi or pawn? Accused scammer Petters says he's innocent

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 10, 2010
Explaining your value as a broker

With so much lobbying and political posturing yet to unfold, it's unclear whether a universal fiduciary standard of care will be imposed for all providers of financial advice.

FINTECH OCT 10, 2010
A better(ment) mousetrap for the mass affluent?

Technology will be the key that unlocks the mass-affluent market for financial advisers

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Artificial insemination a real headache for estate planners

In-vitro fertilization spawns confusion among wealth managers, trust attorneys; 'wide-open field'

Retroactive estate tax for 2010 unlikely, says economist Young
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2010
Retroactive estate tax for 2010 unlikely, says economist Young

The longer Congress drags out setting an estate tax rate and exemption level, the less likely it is to impose a retroactive tax for 2010, according to an economist with a leading agricultural organization.

FINTECH OCT 07, 2010
Will artificial intelligence one day threaten the advisory industry?

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 04, 2010
Lemonade from legislative lemons

Despite the government's best efforts, new regulations sometimes end up serving no one.

FINTECH OCT 04, 2010
Protracker rolls out Form ADV Part 2 software

FINTECH OCT 04, 2010
Cell mates: New devices help you find lost phone

Zomm, Phone Halo dialed in when you're not: why is your pocket flashing?

FINTECH OCT 04, 2010
Could new mutual fund evaluation tool put Morningstar and others on notice?

FINTECH OCT 01, 2010
Pricing improvements? Taking the pulse of the internet space

In February, S&P Equity Analyst Scott Kessler raised his fundamental outlook on the internet software & services industry to positive from neutral, reflecting what he views as a stabilized global economy that would contribute to more overall advertising spending, an increasing percentage of related budgets being committed to the Internet (versus so-called traditional media), and pricing for associated online offerings that is showing signs of improvement

FINTECH SEP 28, 2010
Social Media: Reps, advisers experiment despite compliance concerns

Obviously, compliance officers are very concerned about the use of social media, particularly by registered representatives.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 28, 2010
Tiger Woods' wife not the first to consider a mulligan on prenup

As Tiger Woods publicly acknowledged his “transgressions” last week, his wife was looking into changing the couple's prenuptial agreement in order to collect more of the pro golfer's millions, according to published reports.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 27, 2010
Senate OKs tax breaks for small businesses

The U.S. Senate approved legislation to cut taxes and ease credit for small businesses in a long-delayed victory for Democrats eager to show voters they are working to create jobs.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 27, 2010
Tad Edwards plays in Peoria

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 27, 2010
Q&A with Tad Edwards: Why the legacy will continue

Although he quietly launched his own brokerage firm in St. Louis a year ago, Benjamin F. “Tad” Edwards IV — the great-great-grandson of Albert Gallatin Edwards, who founded A.G. Edwards Inc. in the 19th century — is moving right along with his expansion plans, having opened his first two branch offices in the past two months.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 26, 2010
For advisers, talking politics with clients makes little sense

I thought the article “No profit in talking politics with clients” (Aug. 29) was spot-on.