Michael S. Fischer

• Majority of RIAs lack succession plan

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 1, 2010

  A majority of independent RIAs know that their clients expect them to have a succession plan in place, yet most have not planned for the...

• European ETF Sponsors Receive Licenses for S&P 500 Index Funds

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 18, 2010

  New products will expand global access to U.S. equity markets.

• Foundations' Grant Making Plummeted in 2009

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  April 21, 2010

  Foundation Center forecasts modest improvement in 2011.

• ETFs with Goldman Exposure Take Big Hits

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  April 20, 2010

  The SEC's filing against Goldman Sachs (GS) on April 16 reverberated across Wall Street, as several well-performing banking and diversified financial ETFs with GS exposure got hammered following the announcement.

• Latest ETF Resource Guide Now Available

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  April 9, 2010

  iShares has just published the latest edition of its quarterly ETF Managed Solutions Guide for financial advisors to help them identify third-party managers (TPMs) who offer model ETF portfolios.

• Lessons from the 2009 Top Wealth Managers

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  July 1, 2009

  One year ago, when Wealth Manager published the 2008 Top Wealth Manager rankings, we wrote about how challenging the macroeconomic scene and markets had become...

• Opportunists

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  April 1, 2009

  What does it take to manage money successfully in an economic climate widely considered the worst since America's Great Depression? Consider the winners of the...