The Problem With Showing Clients Short-Term Results
By Mike PattonDuring a recent client review, the performance report indicated that his trailing returns were approximately +22.0% (12 months), -1.20% (three months), and -0.10% (one month)....
July 15, 2010
Chris Dodd's Big Kiss (Off)The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and its 533 new rules, is now law (in contrast, Sarbanes-Oxley had 16). The firm of...
July 15, 2010
Financial Reform Bill and the Fiduciary Standard for BrokersFinancial advisors don't have to give advice, but for those who do, there's no need to be afraid of fiduciary duty to clients.
July 15, 2010
Time for a Transition (XI): Blogging for BusinessIn recent months, I've been about building client loyalty and share of mind with prospective clients and clients of influence, or COIs. In the May...
July 15, 2010
Moving Client Assets: The Good, the Bad and the UglyChanging firms is no longer a one-size-fits-all affair when it comes to the transfer of assets under management.
July 14, 2010
A lesson from LeBronIn a primetime special on ESPN last Thursday night, LeBron James became the latest in a series of Cleveland heartbreakers. James' search for a new basketball home became a typical American supersized soap opera.
July 14, 2010
A death of capitalismThe former CEO of Barnes & Noble and his family has been much in the news of late.
July 14, 2010
SEC Rule 151A: Industry deserves credit for challenging a misguided threatHopefully you've heard by now that a federal appeals court on Monday vacated SEC Rule 151A, effectively putting an end to a couple of intense years of worry among the indexed annuity marketing community.
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