AICPA

• FASB Issues Proposal on Fair Value Measurements

  By Staff Writer  |  December 6, 2004

  The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed statement, Fair Value Measurements, which would provide guidance for how to measure fair value. The proposed statement seeks to establish a framework that would improve the consistency, comparability and reliability of fair value measurements and would apply broadly to financial and...

• FORMULAS FOR SUCCESS- Not Your Father's Bean Counters

  By Mark Tibergien  |  July 1, 2004

  It's no secret among independent financial advisors that accounting firms--a traditional source of client referrals--have been steadily making inroads into the advice business themselves. The...

• Investment Advisor Speaker of the Month

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 30, 2004

  Ed Slott on IRAs at the AICPA Estate Planning Conference

• Defining Your Role

  By Staff Writer  |  April 1, 2004

  As an advisor trying to build a successful practice, you have a limited amount of time each day to accomplish a seemingly unlimited number of...

• Strength In Numbers

  By Staff Writer  |  October 1, 2003

  Forget the one about a tree falling in the forest. Here's a better question: If a company's building burns down and the company's auditor is...

• No Man is an Island

  By Staff Writer  |  September 3, 2001

  When it comes to financial planning, there's safet

• Busted

  By Staff Writer  |  March 2, 2001

  Even the best-intentioned planners can run afoul o

• Star Struck

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 2, 2001

  A Hollywood advisory gives up its independence to

• Family Office

  By Staff Writer  |  December 1, 2000

  Bernard Kiely uses all his resouces--notably his wi

• The Big Uneasy

  By Staff Writer  |  March 1, 2000

  Accountants are stepping into the financial planni