Investment Advisor August 2005

Features

  • Train the Young, Build an Industry

    By Staff Writer

    Recently I've been reading and hearing a lot about career paths and career development for the financial planning profession. Financial planning has now reached adolescence...

  • Come Right In

    By Thomas D. Giachetti

    With the advent of SEC rule 206(4)-7 requiring SEC registered investment advisors to implement and maintain policies and procedures appropriate for their investment advisory business,...

  • Discovering Emerging Yield

    By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne

    When you think of emerging markets, a conservative approach may sound like a paradox, but it's one way to describe the $347 million T. Rowe...

  • Plan of the Century

    By Robert F. Keane

    For Ricky Grunden, the essence of being a financial advisor is not investment strategy and wealth accumulation, although those are important. He sees his role...

  • Fill 'er Up

    By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

    The 529 college savings plan market is booming--particularly among plans sold through advisors. At the end of 2004, 82% of 529 sales came from advisor-sold...

Beginnings

  • Who're You Calling Radical?

    By Staff Writer

    Bob Clark seems to be about 10 to 15 years behind the times when it comes to understanding NAPFA, the nation's leading association of Fee-Only...

  • Institutions Are Still Committed

    By Staff Writer

    Two recent surveys provide insights into the current state of hedge funds and their longer-term performance. In the first, an annual investor survey by Deutsche Bank's...

  • Small-Cap Growth Still Packing a Punch

    By Staff Writer

    Lately it seems that investors are anxiously awaiting a shift from small-cap stocks to the larger caps, and from value stocks to growth. Growth investing,...

  • Just Do It

    By Staff Writer

    Remember the predictions about how the growing use of computers and machine-readable text would reduce the amount of paper we would use in business and...

Columns

Conclusions

Sidebar Stories

  • How Not to Work With the Media

    By Staff Writer

    Financial advisors are often their own worst enemies when it comes to fostering long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with the media. Here are their biggest mistakes: 1....

  • When Examination Day Arrives . . .

    By Staff Writer

    When going through a regulatory examination, RIAs should be prepared to take these steps before, during, and after the process: Conduct an entrance interview...

  • About The Manager

    By Staff Writer

    Michael Conelius manages about $650 million in emerging markets debt, including $347 million as portfolio manager for the T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund,...

  • Ricky Grunden

    By Staff Writer

    President and CEO Grunden Financial Advisory 2516 Lillian Miller Parkway Suite 110 Denton, Texas 76210 940-591-9007 www.grunden.com rgrunden@grunden.com Year practice began: 2001 Number of advisors in firm: 2 Number of clients: 90 Compensation method: Fee-only Fee for...

  • Behind the Numbers, with Gail Dudack

    By Staff Writer

    In a written report issued in mid-july, SunGard's chief investment strategist noted that the signs have been pointing to a bullish trend for months. "But...

  • The Benefits of Auto Enrollment

    By Staff Writer

    As members of Congress introduce legislation supporting the adoption of automatic enrollment among companies' 401(k) plans, a new study by the Investment Company Institute (ICI)...

  • Looking back

    By Staff Writer

    Some things never change, and for advisors one of them is that referrals are among the best ways to draw new clients. In the July...

  • FLP Guidelines

    By Staff Writer

    Document a legitimate business and non-tax purpose for creating the partnership. Reducing estate taxes and facilitating gift giving should be ancillary to the partnership's primary...

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