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Financial Advisor March 2006 Sydney LeBlanc	Joe Sixpack's Family Office? The Unified Managed Account actually is the newest SMA kid on the block, enabling clients to get a single statement across different products including SMAs, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, as well as multiple SMA managers.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2007 Tim Clark	Rounding Out Wealth As unified manged accounts go mainstream, new technologies are emerging to support the next wave of wealth management.
Wall Street & Technology October 28, 2008 Melanie Rodier	UMAs Continue to Grow in Turbulent Financial Markets Amid the worst market turmoil in a generation, high-net-worth investors are increasingly entrusting their long-term wealth to unified management accounts. Fueled by the accounts' asset diversity and rebalancing agility.
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn	Doling out the Bounty Financial planners have many more investment vehicles to choose from as mutual funds, SMAs and ETFs compete for their assets. While planners have their preferences, new kinds of accounts make it easier to devote some money to each.
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Paul Oliu	Client Rules Apply Separately managed accounts (SMAs) have never lived up to their promise of offering clients true flexibility.
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Lee Chertavian	Front and Center It may be better to centralize some unified managed account functions -- like overlay portfolio management -- than to farm them out to advisors.
Financial Planning December 17, 2007 David E. Adler	High Net Worth: UMAs vs. SMAs Some industry observers say unified managed accounts do what separately managed accounts can't -- others call them overpriced gimmicks.
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn	The Right Package Fee-based asset management accounts have reached the trillion-dollar level. Some financial planners are finding new flexibility in these packaged deals.
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn	Separate Ways As fee-oriented investment management increasingly appeals to advisors and clients, fee-structured accounts are growing apace. Or not, depending on how the terms are defined.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Allen Plummer	Taming the SMA Hydra Just about any advisor offering managed accounts can testify to the complexity of the related administration and reporting. Fortunately, advisors are awakening to a remedy for these administrative challenges: overlay portfolio management (OPM).
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Michael Provine	A Healthy Harvest Selling losing positions to offset capital gains and ordinary income is the single most effective way to reduce the tax liability in a client's portfolio.
Wall Street & Technology October 25, 2004 Maria Santos	Generation OPM As investors push for more efficient management of their wealth across portfolios, overlay management is gaining ground as the next frontier for separately managed accounts.
On Wall Street September 1, 2008 Neil OHara	SMAs: Overhyped or Underused? Separately managed accounts are often touted for their tax advantages. But some investors don't maximize that potential.
BusinessWeek November 21, 2005 Lauren Young	Sizing Up Tailored Portfolios A study shows that investors in separately managed accounts like the results.
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Peter Cieszko	SMAs' Real Appeal You may think it's about management -- but a new survey shows that clients like the way SMAs get them close to their advisers.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2007 Anthony Guerra	Wealth Managers Turn to Unified Managed Accounts to Better Serve Wealthy Clients The goal of the cross-product, cross-institution and cross-individual accounts is superior portfolio management, including tax optimization and risk mitigation.
Financial Advisor August 2005 Sydney LeBlanc	ETFs and SMAs: Side By Side Now, separately managed accounts can mean anything, from an entire basket of different separate account managers to an account also holding mutual funds, cash, and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Of these companion investment vehicles, ETFs are proving to be one of the most popular.
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 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?
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 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...
Wall Street & Technology October 17, 2007 Penny Crosman	Schwab, Investment Managers Prepare for Retirement Boom Some of the 78 million baby boomers are about to retire -- how will financial advisers cope with the deluge?
Financial Advisor September 2007 Sydney LeBlanc	Not Just For The Big Boys Anymore Advances in technology make separately managed accounts available to smaller investors.
Financial Advisor December 2005 Sydney LeBlanc	SMAs Make Taxes, Well ... Not So Taxing Here are some strategies for financial advisors to help keep clients' dollars out of harm's way at tax time.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Pam Black	A Separate Reality The separately managed account revolution might well be sweeping the financial services industry. That transformation, while still somewhat slow, is inexorable, but also incomplete. So far, for the most part, SMAs aren't being used correctly.
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.
Wall Street & Technology June 22, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Separate but Equal? The market is demanding separately managed accounts, but can the technological challenges be overcome?
Wall Street & Technology May 31, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Questar Asset Management Releases New Investor Advisor Platform The registered investment advisor released its new Wealth Designs platform through FundQuest, a provider of turnkey asset management solutions.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Len Reinhart	The Bigger Picture Will overlay management become the new business model for separately managed accounts?
Investment Advisor July 2006 Melanie Waddell	Retirement Planning: Retirement Advisor Profile Novice unified managed accounts (UMAs): just right for retiring boomers.
U.S. Banker January 2010 Steve Garmhausen	Going Wild for Overlay Banks are winning over affluent clients with a wealth management approach that can maximize long-term profits while minimizing tax bills.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 John Churchill	Aiming Downmarket Thanks to technological advances and the introduction of multimanager products (so-called multidiscipline accounts, or MDAs), advisors can now put clients into managed accounts with as little as $25,000.
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Jack Sharry	Innovating Our Way to A Bright Future There are breakthrough innovations happening in the income distribution market -- here are a few.
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Marion Asnes	Advisers Speak Out Our new nationwide poll shows that for all financial advisors know about asset allocation, they're still having trouble making it work.
Wall Street & Technology June 4, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Masters of the Universe Unified managed accounts are helping financial advisers maintain control of their customers' assets.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	Bringing Risk Into the Mix Legg Mason is among a handful of firms revamping their wealth-management platforms to include risk management.
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Solow & Kitces	Test Your Tactical IQ One of the most basic decisions a planner must make is whether to follow a passive or active approach to managing client portfolios. Take this quiz to see if you're ready to become a more active asset allocator.
Financial Advisor December 2003 Sydney LeBlanc	Unified We Stand The latest sensation in managed accounts offers streamlined service.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Cory Levine	Retirement Boom Retiring investors will be removing assets from retirement planning investments and rededicating them to other objectives. As they do, retirees will take their funds to whomever offers the management program most attuned to their needs.
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 John Bowen	Small Steps, Big Results Financial advisers don't have to make sweeping changes in their businesses to alleviate some of their most pressing concerns, like: finding new wealthy clients... fighting for clients... growing assets... etc.
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.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Steve Deutsch	Parallel Universes Allocations to separate accounts and mutual funds are strikingly similar, but advisers should hesitate to make returns-based conclusions, particularly when it comes to separate accounts relative to other investment vehicles.
Bank Systems & Technology May 6, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Wealth Management Affluent investors typically overlook banks as a source for personal financial advice.
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Kristen French	Hedge Funds' Surprising Appeal Independent broker-dealers are adding them at a time when the funds' returns are declining.
Investment Advisor October 2006 Elizabeth D. Festa	UMAs & CIFs: New 401(k) Solutions A Retirement Planner Profile: John Newman's group at Denver-based Fiserv ISS is poised to take advantage of the new trend toward outside management of asset allocation in retirement plans -- and away from do-it-yourself 401(k) investing.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2009 Penny Crosman	Extreme Makeover: Broker Workstation Edition A quest for increased adviser productivity and a forthcoming cost-basis reporting law are driving wealth management technology integrations and upgrades at Canada's largest brokerage, RBC Dominion Securities, and U.S. advisory firm Silver Bridge as well as others.
Registered Rep. October 24, 2005 Halah Touryalai	UMAs: The Next Big Thing The unified managed account appears to have all the ingredients needed for delivering a fully diversified, customized portfolio for the tax-sensitive retail investor -- albeit at a princely price to the client.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 John J. Bowen	Just Ask! Capturing more of your clients' assets is one of the most effective ways to grow your financial planning practice. Here's how to do it.
Investment Advisor December 2007	Upgrades LPL Financial Services has partnered with Fiduciary360... Kochis Fitz of San Francisco and Quintile Wealth Management of Los Angeles say they will merge... etc.
U.S. Banker August 2010 John Hintze	A Taxing New Twist Investors have long been responsible for determining the tax consequences of their securities trades, but starting next year it will be up to their account custodians -- and, indirectly, their financial advisers -- to keep them honest.