Schwab Impact 2012

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  Norquist Slams Simpson in Escalating War of Words Over Taxes

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 21, 2012

  A bit of controversy has arisen from last week's Schwab Impact 2012 conference, based on former Senator Alan Simpson's comments on conservative "no-tax pledge" guru Grover Norquist.

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  Guaranteed Income Without an Annuity: A Product Whose Time Has Come?

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 19, 2012

  Talk about filling a need. Aria Retirement Solutions has a guaranteed income source without the variable annuity chassis—and advisors are catching on.

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  Capital Innovations’ ‘Wonderfully Boring’ Strategy

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 19, 2012

  Michael Underhill, who spoke at Schwab Impact in Chicago, tells the stark truth to clients looking for 10% returns, ‘it’s not the 1990s anymore.’

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  How Do You Define Wealth Management? IMCA Responds

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 17, 2012

  What is wealth management, and what do professionals who call themselves wealth managers actually do?

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  Simpson, Bowles: To Fix Fiscal House, ‘We Need Patriots, Not Panderers’

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2012

  Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles’ blunt, tough message on fixing the fiscal mess gets a warm reception among Schwab Impact attendees.

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  CFP Board’s Keller on Goldfarb Case: ‘Let the Process Play Through’

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2012

  At Schwab Impact conference, CFP Board's CEO also discusses three new board members; number of certificants stands at 67,324.

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  Schwab Names 3 RIA Firms as Impact Award Winners for 2012

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2012

  Seventh annual awards handed out honors for Best-in-Business, Trailblazer and Pacesetter for the RIAs excellence, growth, leadership and contributions to the industry.

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  A Bullish Neil Hennessy Thinks Now Is the Time for Equities

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2012

  Acquisition of FBR mutual funds shows his firm’s own belief in stocks; when interest rates rise, investors in fixed income will be "killed."

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  Pyxis Capital: ‘Shift From High Yield to Floating Rate’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2012

  High yield isn’t what it used to be.

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  Chuck Schwab: We’ll Go Over Cliff, but Let’s Move On

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2012

  In conversation with Maria Bartiromo and the brains behind KKR, Chuck Schwab talks alternative investments, one benefit of Dodd-Frank, and why he’s willing to write a bigger tax check.