Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne

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  Is France’s Economy A Surprise Threat to Eurozone?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2013

  The “bad boys” of the southern Eurozone, Greece, Spain and Italy, have gotten most of the attention these days when it comes to a possible Eurozone breakup, but the real threat may lie in an unexpected direction: France.

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  New Hire Roundup: HighTower Expands Development Team

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  This week in new hires, HighTower welcomed Thomas Brown and Frank Epinger to its development team. Citibank named Mark Mason private bank CEO and Jane Fraser CitiMortgage CEO.

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  Early Adopter of International Investing Sees the Payoff

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2013

  Bob Haley, the founder of Advanced Wealth Management began to devote particular attention to international investing around 1997–1998.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Goldman Launches Alts Fund

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Also announced in the last week: an emerging-markets government bond index fund from Vanguard.

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  SEC, FINRA Enforcement Roundup: Husband and Wife Divert Funds to Buy Home

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  The SEC filed charges against a husband and wife, who are executives of China-based RINO International Corp., and FINRA fined and censured Deutsche Bank Securities for reporting failures.

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  Casino Boom Fuels Asian Investments

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  The Asian casino boom is running hot and likely to continue, despite a few hiccups, although investors should be warned: the chips may move from player to player.

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  New Hire Roundup: U.S. Bank Adds Felchle, Ernst

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2013

  This week in new hires, Steve Felchle and Jason Ernst joined U.S. Bancorp Investments, and David Skaggs went to the Private Client Reserve.

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  Top 10 Most Expensive States for Long-Term Care: 2013

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  Will you or one of your clients be one of the 70% of people over 65 who will need long-term care? Genworth’s annual study on the cost of LTC indicates that if you are, you will be paying more for it this year.

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  Top Portfolio Products: New Target Volatility Portfolio From Fidelity

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2013

  New products introduced over the last week include a new target volatility portfolio by Fidelity and a new emerging-markets local debt portfolio from Invesco PowerShares.

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  SEC Enforcement Roundup: Harrisburg, Pa., Charged With Securities Fraud

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 9, 2013

  The city was charged with making misleading public statements. Meanwhile, the SEC charged four traders with bribing a Venezuelan official.