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Giving Back: A Firm of Philanthropists
By Kara P. StapletonTHIS MONTH'S HONOREE The individual: Todd Morgan & Bel Air employees The firm: Bel Air Investment Advisors The cause: New Millennium Secondary School, Habitat for Humanity, City of...
March 01, 2009
Leadership in Tough TimesImagine several dozen of the nation's top financial advisors dressed in Under Armour, getting their blood drawn by technicians in white lab coats. Throw in...
March 01, 2009
Planner Profile: All in the FamilyAlthough Shannon Eusey majored in psychology as an undergraduate at the University of California, Irvine (where she had been recruited to play volleyball), it's really...
March 01, 2009
Formulas For Success: When Followers LeadFor as long as I have participated in organizations, I have heard some variation of the adage, "Leaders are born, not made," or the contra...
March 01, 2009
IA Interview: Changing of the Guard, Sort OfAt the recent Financial Services Institute conference in San Antonio in January, an experienced executive from a Massachusetts-based broker/dealer suggested that the CEO of his...
March 01, 2009
UBS Taps Top FAs in Texas, Shores Up U.S. Wealth ManagementWhile fierce speculation continues about the future of UBS' U.S. wealth-management operations, the Swiss-based firm added 274 advisors in the fourth quarter of 2008 and...
February 25, 2009
Ohio Aids 20, Other States Hold BackThe Ohio Department of Insurance has granted 20 of 20 requests for permission to use accounting practices that vary from the standard statutory accounting practices, officials say.
February 20, 2009
The Power of PermanenceThese days, new sources of revenues are on the minds of many advisors. And that means signing up new clients. Fortunately (or unfortunately), with investment...