College Planning
Help your clients take the worry out of saving for college with news and analysis on student debt, 529 plans and other tax-efficient savings vehicles as well as the colleges and college majors that deliver the most value.
New Legislation May Lower Student Loan Interest Rates
By Kara P. StapletonThe College Student Relief Act of 2007 (HR 5), introduced by Rep. George Miller (D-California) with 211 cosponsors, would modify the Higher Education Act of 1965 by cutting in half the fixed interest rates on need-based Stafford loans for undergraduates over a five-year period. The bill passed the House on...
January 23, 2007
Insurance School To Organize Day Of Free CounselingThe American College is recruiting alumni to help it run National Financial Awareness Day programs March 6.Graduates of the Bryn Mawr, Pa., insurance school will ...
January 16, 2007
Webster To Recognize American College Courses For CreditThe American College is trying to help make life easier for students trying to meet the new requirement that holders of the Certified Financial Planner ...
January 11, 2007
Schwab Crosses $500 Billion; Will Finance Breakaway BrokersCharles Schwab & Co. announced that its affiliated advisors now custody more than $500 billion at Schwab Institutional, up 23% from last year; SI President Debby McWhinney has previously stated a goal for the division of having $10 billion in custody by 2010.
January 04, 2007
Insurer Supports Development Loan FundMetLife Inc. has provided a $5 million social investment loan to Community Reinvestment Fund USA.CRF, Minneapolis, will use the money to support loan programs aimed ...
January 04, 2007
Insurer Supports Development Loan FundMetLife Inc. has provided a $5 million social investment loan to Community Reinvestment Fund USA.CRF, Minneapolis, will use the money to support loan programs aimed ...
January 04, 2007
Deadline Nears for CFP Board ProgramThe Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards announced details of its 2007 Financial Planning Grants program, which provides funding for "innovative and sustainable projects that reach people and encourage them to benefit from financial planning." Applications must be received by the CFP Board by March 1, 2007.
January 01, 2007
The Mark That Makes ItI received the December issue of Investment Advisor and was reading it during lunch. I read Bob Clark's column ("Hope It Wasn't Something I Said")...