Investment Advisor January 2007

Features

  • Happy New Year

    By Staff Writer

    When it comes to predicting what's going to happen in the economy and market over the course of a year, the best prognosticators, of course,...

  • The Gatekeepers

    By Lauren Barack

    Andy Brincefield has offered his clients Web-based access to portfolio reports for years. But he finds that the clients who want to see their portfolios...

  • Risks & Rewards

    By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne

    When you look back over decades of market performance it is clear that market forces have long been connected with other world events. Whether we're...

  • Symbiotic Relationships

    By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne

    When broker/dealers select a clearing firm to partner with, it pays to be choosy. This is one of the most critical relationships that any broker/dealer...

Beginnings

Columns

  • Analyze This

    By Mark Tibergien

    Shortly after the 2006 Moss Adams Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms, sponsored by SEI and JPMorgan Asset Management, was published and distributed to more...

  • The Trust Threat

    By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne, Bob Clark, AdvisorOne

    Ron Wiser is not a typical financial advisor. For one thing, his Kalamazoo, Michigan firm has more than $800 million under management. But more interesting,...

  • Making a Statement

    By Staff Writer

    The family wealth mission statement is a great opportunity for affluent clients to begin a dialogue on family priorities, determine their family's core values, and...

  • Getting Compliance Help Now

    By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

    It's been a little over two years since the Securities and Exchange Commission issued its infamous rule--known as the compliance rule--requiring advisors to have a...

  • Retiring "Retirement"

    By Olivia Mellan

    As the first wave of boomers begins to spill into their 60s, I predict that you're going to see fewer and fewer mentions of the...

  • A Word of Advice

    By Angie Herbers

    It's not the cards you're dealt, but what you do with them that's important. Was reminded of this line after a speech I gave on...

Conclusions

  • A Healthy New Year

    By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

    Growth of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and pricing pressure on brand name pharmaceutical manufacturers are among the top seven healthcare industry issues identified in The...

  • The ABCs Of Retirees

    By Maya Ivanova

    As the population ages and the markets become increasingly challenging, two trends have become top of mind for advisors: the dominance of retiring baby boomer...

  • NEWS & PRODUCTS

    By Staff Writer

    The Internal Revenue Service is mulling a new Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA) designation to allow retirement plan professionals who are not approved to represent...

  • DC Advisor-Sponsor Matchmaker

    By Staff Writer

    For Fred Barstein, founder and CEO of Palm Beach County, Florida-based 401kExchange, one of the most important issues in the retirement finance space today is...

  • A New SRO's in Town

    By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne

    The move to consolidate two broker/dealer self-regulatory organizations--NASD and the NYSE--and their corresponding and sometimes conflicting sets of rules into one unified SRO has picked...

  • NEWS & PRODUCTS

    By Staff Writer

    Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation announced plans to merge. The new firm, named Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, will be New...

  • Who Are You?

    By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne

    Warnings abound these days to protect your personal information--account and Social Security numbers, PIN numbers and passwords, all the bits and pieces of information that...

  • The Other Fiduciary Issue

    By Staff Writer

    Many members of company retirement plan investment committees are not fully aware of the nature of their fiduciary responsibilities. Given a variety of well-publicized fiduciary...

  • Proud to Be a Consumer

    By Staff Writer

    Many people in the media talk about U.S. consumerism as if it's something evil, something we should all feel guilty about, something that's out of...

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