Bank & Financial

Magazine articles on banks, brokerages, and credit card companies.

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Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Ann Marsh	Go Big or Go Home There's a stark choice facing many players in the rapidly consolidating independent B-D game for the foreseeable future: Grow like crazy or call it quits.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Dave Grant	To Grow, Think Small Niche marketing, by design, focuses on a small segment of the market. By choosing a smaller group to serve, you can become a specialist serving the needs of this population.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Bob Veres	Stop Imaginary Planning Our profession's history is a story of mass migration away from, and then back to, what we might call real planning.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr.	Get With the Learning Program By devising and joining training programs, you and your team can best stay on top of industry developments.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	Aiming Lower Mass-market investors, with their relatively tiny net worth but big growth potential, are attracting increased attention from the financial planning industry. Two major companies have announced forays into this market sector.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Richard McMahon	Defending Dividends Lower tax rates on income from dividends clearly benefit American investors and I'd argue the economy. Unless Congress acts before the end of the year, the maximum tax rate on dividend income could skyrocket to as high as 43.4% from 15%.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Joel Bruckenstein	Tech Tools: Managing Customer Contact Wealth Advisor CRM is a web-based product that seems aimed at small and midsize firms and carries attractive pricing.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Donald Jay Korn	Busting Trusts When assets for spouses are left in trusts, restrictions often apply, chafing the living spouse.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Katie Kuehner-Hebert	A Bigger Pie If clients are dissatisfied with how much money they're saving for retirement, most wealth managers advise cutting back on expenses. Advisors should also help clients find ways to boost their incomes.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 O'Connor & McCarthy	Making Adjustments 2012 started out about average for variable annuity issuers in terms of SEC filing activity, with a total of 59 annuity product changes in the first quarter com pared with 130 filings in the fourth quarter of 2011 and 49 in the first quarter of last year.
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