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Financial Advisor July 2004 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
A Look At Perspective Partners A conventional, but customizable, Web-based approach to portfolio construction. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
The Software You Need Now Trends sweeping the financial planning industry are driving new technology solutions in the year ahead. NaviPlan... Financial Profiles... Morningstar... Engagement Systems... BridgePortfolio... |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Joel Bruckenstein |
No-Cost Retirement Planning Software A look at software: Oppenheimer-Funds Retirement Income Manager... An update on Skill Weighted Portfolio... |
Financial Planning September 1, 2012 Joel Bruckenstein |
Fiserv Has Software to Help the Independent Advisor New software from Fiserv enables an independent advisor to create a detailed case to persuade a wary client. |
Financial Advisor February 2005 Sydney LeBlanc |
The "Black Cat" Of Separately Managed Accounts Education can prevent or eliminate myths surrounding managed accounts and help clients take advantage of the benefits they afford. |
Financial Advisor November 2004 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Opposite Ends Of The Spectrum Portfolio management software for the high-end and low-cost buyer. Portfolio Director... Orion Advisor Services... |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Callahan & Howard |
Risky Business The primary goal of financial advisors is to make life less risky for clients. But using style boxes to determine risk in a portfolio is a fool's errand. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 David Reilly |
Is Risk Really A Four Letter Word? Once esoteric investing strategies, such as managed currency and commodity futures, real estate, short selling, arbitrage and event-driven strategies, allow portfolio risk management to be taken to the next level. Advisers, take note. |
Financial Advisor March 2004 David J. Drucker |
Morningstar's Workstation Gets More Power The new version will take a dramatic step by offering CRM capabilities. |
Financial Advisor August 2005 David J. Drucker |
The Case Against Benchmarking Do benchmarks in portfolio reports convey the wrong message? |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Rick Adkins |
What I Learned About Portfolio Rebalancing Why does conditional rebalancing work so well? Common sense: It allows the markets, not a calendar, to dictate when it is time to rebalance one's portfolio. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Best of Breed The 2006 Separately Managed Accounts Awards recognize excellence in products and managers. Small Cap: Riverbridge Partners, Small Cap Growth... Tax Efficiency: KCM Investment Advisors, Large-Cap GARP Equity... etc. |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2004 Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with Roger Gibson Roger Gibson is a nationally recognized expert in asset allocation and portfolio design. In a recent interview he discusses among other things, diversification and where REITs fit into his clients' portfolios. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Staying Active To fund boomers' later-life plans, advisers will need to change the way they think about active and passive portfolio management. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Al Zdenek |
Stalking the Right SMA Manager For financial advisers, conducting due diligence on managed account managers, the process is more akin to researching hedge funds than mutual funds. |
Financial Advisor December 2004 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Challenging Your Most Basic Assumptions The new book The Investment Think Tank makes you rethink some fundamental financial advisory principles. With its unique blend of the theoretical, practical and futuristic financial ideas, the book is sometimes controversial but never boring. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Gregory Bresiger |
Expect The Unexpected In Retirement Planning History can be dangerous for retirement planners offering portfolio longevity advice. Even when they're right about the long term, they can be very wrong in the short term, with disastrous consequences for the health, or even the survival, of a retirement portfolio. |
Financial Advisor November 2003 Leola Ross |
Why High Hedge Fund Fees Are Justified The relatively high fees charged for hedge funds may cause some of your clients to have second thoughts about investing in them. Here's why it can be worth paying the price for truly active management. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Len Reinhart |
A New Model An interview with Don Robinson, Lockwood's chief investment officer, about the general parameters of transforming retirees' portfolios into lifetime investment plans. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Louis Cameron Day |
You've Got Concerns A new, individualized approach to portfolio management may lessen your financial advisory clients' confusion. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Bob Veres |
Beyond the Pyramid Think you know the state of the art in portfolio management? New research may offer some surprises -- and suggest new approaches. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Horn & Sturiale |
Do Your Investments Play Nice? Advisers and consultants spend a great deal of time helping retirement plan clients construct investment portfolios. Here's a quantitative look at diversification using the Schwab Portfolio Diversification Measure. |
Financial Advisor April 2004 Raymond Fazzi |
Conservatism Rules In Retirement Planning After a traumatic four years marked by a recession, a war on terrorism and a market decline, many advisors are rethinking their retirement planning strategies. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Jim Otar |
A Matter of Luck Contrary to popular opinion, there's more to portfolio success than the asset allocation decision. As an adviser, you can find peace of mind in recognizing and quantifying the luck factor for individual retirement portfolios. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Allocation Without Borders Vice chairman and CIO of Alliance Bernstein Investment Research & Management Ranji Nagaswami argues that being free to select equities worldwide yields better performance with lower risk. |
CIO July 1, 2005 Susannah Patton |
Getting the Word on Portfolio Management IT leaders can benefit from portfolio management because they face pressure to cut costs while providing more services. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Consultation, Not Just Advice Financial advisors offer advice, of course, but they'd be much better off if they thought of themselves as consultants. |
AskMen.com April 14, 2002 Rashmikant Patel |
Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs... |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
But Are They a Good Deal? MFS asset allocation funds pass the three-year mark and get high ratings from S&P. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2012 William Ainson |
13 Steps to Avoid Fumbling Your First Meeting With A Prospect Whether you are relatively new to the planning business or have been in the profession for decades, odds are you have lost potential clients as a result of mistakes made at a first meeting. |
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 |
Three Scenarios Variable Returns: Portfolio 1 -- 75% large cap... 25% bonds... Portfolio 2 -- 50% large cap... 25% small cap... Portfolio 3 -- 16.67% large cap... 16.67% mid cap... etc. |
Financial Advisor October 2004 Tracey Longo |
Investing For Retirement Investing for retirement is feeling pretty dicey. That has investors looking for all the advice they can find. Here's what financial advisors are saying. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Roy Diliberto |
The Naked Emperor Revisited When clients are promised consistently superior, above-market returns by their financial advisors, are these promises as shallow and invisible as the clothes "weaved" by the tailors in the Hans Christian Anderson fable? |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 O'Toole & Steiny |
The Perfect Process A disciplined approach to managing client assets is at the heart of financial planning. How does yours stack up? |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Joel Bruckenstein |
Behind The Scenes At Intuit's PortfolioMinder This new portfolio management and reporting platform is capable yet inexpensive. |
Financial Advisor February 2005 |
Advisor Emporium Securities America Offers New Portfolio Management Service... Principal Financial Adds Options to Health Savings Account (HSA) Plan... Pareto Systems Offers Customized CRM Platform... etc. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Robert F. Keane |
Far From Fossilized Advisors Capital Management looks to provide clients with true individual portfolios of diversified securities at a much lower cost than is possible with mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2005 |
Think Thrice Before Dividing in Thirds Portfolio allocations don't come in one-size-fits-all. A more sensible approach is to consider investment timeframes and, of course, what you can tolerate in terms of market volatility. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Joel Bruckenstein |
Software With A Conscience A new online service, IWF Advisor from IdealsWork Financial, may offer advisors a solution to the tricky problem of finding a cost-effective way to align a client's social agenda and financial needs. |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Eric Clarke |
Posing the Proper PMS Questions Portfolio management systems are a critical business operations component. But how do you know if your current system is the best fit for your financial advisory practice? You'd better ask these questions. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Marla Brill |
Courting A New Crowd Rydex Investments hopes to move beyond market timers to mainstream financial advisors. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca |
Income from Where? Financial advisors are realizing the mean variance efficient frontier model is flawed for retirement planning. The main shortcoming is its focus on a portfolio's risk-return tradeoff in terms of returns rather than generation of sustainable income. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 Nathan Slaughter |
Mutual Fund Meltdown Have you assembled your funds in a carefully orchestrated portfolio or in a haphazard collection? Collecting mutual funds is not a safe pastime. It's a financial disaster waiting to happen. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Multiple Choice No single product will meet all the needs of aging boomers. Advisers must develop strategies combining multiple products into retirement portfolios. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Somnath Basu |
Back To Basics Advisors don't need to rely on complicated models to help clients avert losses. |
Financial Advisor November 2003 Joel Bruckenstein |
New And Improved Software providers enhance existing products for financial advisors and add new ones. |
Wall Street & Technology February 27, 2005 Ivy Schmerken |
Custom-Built With demand for personalized advice growing, financial-services firms are overhauling their technology to mass-produce separately managed accounts (SMAs) with a high degree of customization. |
Financial Advisor August 2004 Sydney LeBlanc |
Independent Broker-Dealers Improving SMA Programs Historically, independent advisors have been forced to sit on the sidelines while wirehouses led the way in products and technology for separately managed accounts. Increasingly, things seem to be changing. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Many Happy Returns Stratton Growth Fund has displayed a disciplined approach to all-cap value investing that has outperformed for decades. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Bookshelf Rick Ferri's new book All About Asset Allocation shows investors how asset allocation and rebalancing into fixed asset classes can render consistent long-term results. |