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Extending the Definition
By Melanie WaddellWhen viewing your clients' plans, do you include helping them manage their careers? Michael Haubrich thinks you should. When developing a comprehensive financial plan for...
July 01, 2006
Reviewing the SituationWhen advisors devise financial plans for their clients, there's plenty of work done on the asset management side. When it comes to asset protection, however,...
June 09, 2006
Growth and TaxesThe Senate's failure on June 8 to approve a permanent repeal of the federal estate tax would not sit well with former Senator Bob Dole, the Kansas Republican who ran for President in 1996.
June 01, 2006
T. Rowe Price Expands Its Advisor-Class LineupHoping to boost sales by advisors of its popular no-load global stock fund, T. Rowe Price has added the fund to its list of Advisor...
May 26, 2006
Separate Accounts Biz Brisk at SchwabSeparately managed accounts (SMAs) are growing fast at Charles Schwab as fee-based advisors seek to outsource money management for clients and concentrate on other aspects of wealth management, such as tax or estate planning.
March 20, 2006
New OM Fund Fee Structure Aims to Lure InstitutionsLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Old Mutual Asset Managers has announced the launch of the Old Mutual Spectrum Plus Fund, the latest offering from its multi-strategy products team. The new fund will target higher than average returns while maintaining careful control over its risk profile. The fund will be run by Richard Tomlinson, a...
March 13, 2006
Novoste Shareholders Nix DissolutionNORCROSS, Ga. (HedgeWorld.com)--Shareholders rejected a plan of dissolution that would have put the remaining assets of Novoste Corp., a medical-technology company, into a liquidating trust. The rejection is a victory for Steel Partners II LP, an activist hedge fund, which has solicited proxies in opposition to this proposal. Steel Partners'...