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Financial Advisor June 2005 Bruce W. Fraser |
The Rush To Dynasty Trusts It remains to be seen whether dynasty trusts will endure. Meantime, they remain a viable way for the wealthy to shield assets over generations, and for financial advisors they can be a lucrative source of fee income. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Anne Tergesen |
Where To Entrust Your Trust? Picking the right location is the key to success in real estate. Now it's also a crucial decision in the sleepy world of trust funds. |
Financial Advisor October 2004 Gail Liberman |
Advisors Moving Trusts For Cost Savings Like a game of chess, lawyers and wealth advisors are saving their clients money by moving trusts to states with more attractive laws. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Cathleen M. Clauson |
Unlocking Opportunity Trusts are a good way for advisors to expand their businesses. Here's why. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 John J. Bowen |
Rx for Affluent Physicians Here's how financial advisors can approach the wealth management challenges of one attractive niche market. |
Financial Advisor July 2004 Jeff Schlegel |
The Asset Protection Boom Interest in asset protection among the affluent has doubled since 2000. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Ann Marsh |
Massive Wealth Transfer: Clients Rush Before Year's End Advisors have been racing to finish what some say is an unprecedented transfer of wealth to descendants because Bush-era tax exemptions may expire at year s end.. |
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Should We All Move to North Dakota? North Dakota is now offering an intriguing alternative to Delaware for incorporation, thanks to some shareholder-friendly laws it passed in 2007 that reportedly help shareholders nominate board members and have a say on executive compensation. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Prudence Redefined (Finally) Baby boomers and their parents are expected to pump more money -- and life -- into the trust market over the next decade while the definition of "prudent investing" for trusts continues to evolve in a broker-friendly manner. Brokerages are taking notice -- and so should you. |
Entrepreneur May 2004 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Trust Me Asset-protection trusts are one way for business owners and wealthy individuals to cover their assets when creditors come knocking. |
Investment Advisor January 2009 Kara P. Stapleton |
Passing It Along Advisors take note: Despite the market maelstrom that has slashed the value of portfolios left and right, there is still plenty of wealth that is on the brink of being transferred from one generation to another. |
Financial Advisor September 2008 Tracey Longo |
Laws Of Attraction A firm's ability to navigate trusts can be their calling-card to attract high-net-worth clients. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Tracey Longo |
Getting A Share Of Trust Assets Trust assets are up for grabs and often are there for the asking, provided financial advisors know the right questions to ask. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Bob Clark |
The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings. |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Tracey Longo |
Conference Roundup Meeting the demands of baby boomer clients led content at the 8th Annual Financial Advisor Symposium. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Estate Planning Nirvana? Self-Settled Trusts Explored Self-settled trusts seem to offer the impossible: They remove assets from an individual's estate while still allowing them to benefit from them. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse According to a recent survey, financial planners may be missing a golden opportunity to establish advisory relationships with their clients' children. |
U.S. Banker August 2010 Mark W. Olson |
Endangered Species: The State Banking Charter Should state legislatures continue to see value in funding their state bank regulators, the charter in those states would continue to have viability. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 |
It's a Matter of Trust Letter to the Editor: The Trust Threat... Not All Trusts Are Created Equally... |
Financial Advisor October 2008 |
Holding On A rising number of people near retirement age are turning to so-called directed trusts to gain control over a certain part of their estates. |
Financial Advisor September 2006 Tracey Longo |
There For The Asking? Some agree banks' loss of investors' trust assets is a financial advisor's gain. Now, for that marketing plan. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 John J. Bowen |
Advanced Planning Basics Here's an overview of what it means to offer advanced planning -- and how best to provide those services to your clients. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Chris Blunt |
Advisors: Natural Facilitators Generations welcome advisors' help in tackling wealth transfer talks. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Estate-Tax Minefield The rest of this year promises to be very challenging for planners with wealthy clients. The federal exemptions on gift and estate taxes currently stand at $5.12 million, but they are scheduled to drop to $1 million in 2013 unless lawmakers act. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Ben Mattlin |
How To Select Trustees As trusts grow more popular, the need to appoint the right trustees becomes crucial. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Beyond Investments Your affluent clients want help protecting, enhancing, transferring and donating their wealth. Are you ready to meet their needs? |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr |
Wide-Angle Lens Too many advisors focus almost exclusively on their clients' investments and ignore a number of other important areas. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Cover Your Assets Proven asset protection vehicles continue to be vital for any planner intent on helping clients shield their wealth. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Barr & May |
Service, Please! Aging baby boomers have new wealth -- and new advice needs. Is your financial planning business model flexible enough to keep you in the game? |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Janet Arrowood |
In Search Of Guarantees Consumers are taking a different approach to life insurance lately. While they may invest in stocks as they always have, even as they grow older, they increasingly look to eliminate risk and uncertainty from the life insurance products they buy. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Retirement Trouble A recent study, Consumer Wealth, Liquefaction and the Retirement Income Challenge addresses the financial concerns and savings goals of aging baby boomers in the U.S. today. |
U.S. Banker March 2008 Karen Krebsbach |
Great, Great Grandkids: Until Their Death Do We Part Banks are realizing that the dynasty trust, that multigenerational, flexible, tax-avoidance technique ever more popular in wealth-management circles, is surprisingly well-suited to the kind of long-term trusteeship at which they excel. |
U.S. Banker January 2002 Robert A. Bennett & David Lo |
Wills Now Passe, Living Trusts Hip More and more Americans are creating living trusts, giving bankers more opportunities but also increasing their regulatory headaches. Care must be taken to assure that loans to these trusts are ultimately collectable... |
Financial Advisor October 2005 David J. Drucker |
Baby Boomers--The Next Chapter Financial advisors don't see boomers significantly changing the planning paradigm, nor posing any threat to their income. |
Wall Street & Technology March 22, 2005 Maria Santos |
Baby Boomers Provide Retirement Planning Advice For Themselves A recent survey by Chicago-based financial services firm Northern Trust reveals that, while baby boomers are planning for retirement, many are doing the planning without the assistance of professional advisers. |
Financial Advisor September 2007 Tracey Longo |
Demand For Trusts Explodes Growing sophistication and complexity in people's lives, along with escalating wealth and an aging population, make trusts a necessity for a far wider swath of the U.S. population these days. |
Bank Systems & Technology April 20, 2010 Penny Crosman |
Baby Boomers Have Realized They Won't Be Able to Retire A Corporate Executive Board survey finds that Baby Boomers are facing harsh economic realities. The research group says banks should offer their boomer customers educational sites to solve holistic financial challenges |
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 Ann Rieder |
Connect with Clients' Kids: 5 Steps Is your firm prepared for the transfer of assets from your clients to their heirs? |
Financial Advisor April 2005 Tracey Longo |
How Boomers Will Change Your Firm What will your financial advisory firm look like in 2015? With about 75 million baby boomers retiring, different than than it does now. |