Planning
Daily News Analysis
Bay Area Wealth Firm Opens Tampa Office
12 April 2013
Rutherford Asset Planning, the independent fee-only wealth management firm, has opened its doors in Tampa, FL. Keith Amburgey, who has been at the firm since 2009, has relocated from New York to head up the new office . He joined the firm after working for 16 years within Morgan Stanley’s institutional securities division.
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New Financial Planning Tool Identifies Clients' Psychological Money Profile
21 February 2013
Mindful Asset Programs has launched a financial assessment tool called “motivated asset pattern,” designed to help financial planners determine their clients’ psychological profiles. The assessment tool is based on psychological and neuroscience principles and will help financial planners discover what motivates their clients about finances, the firm said . Specifically, it aims to give planners insights into clients’ motivations on factors such as prestige, spontaneity, peace, simplicity, virtue, security, control and growth.
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National Planning Holdings Offers Advisors Succession Planning Support
13 February 2013
National Planning Holdings has partnered with FP Transitions to deliver practice management and succession planning support to its independent advisors. FP Transitions’ equity management system will be integrated into the support platforms of the broker-dealers in the NPH network: INVEST Financial, National Planning Corporation, Investment Centers of America and SII Investments . The system provides planning tools for advisors who are ready to retire, as well as those whose retirement is further on the horizon.
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Cayman Islands Said To Be Planning More Transparent Regime
18 January 2013
The Cayman Islands is to open up companies and hedge funds domiciled in the jurisdiction, increasing transparency and disclosure. The move drew praise from Carne, the fund governance specialist, saying such proposals represented a “significant step forward” by the British overseas jurisdiction . CIMA, the jurisdiction’s monetary authority, has sent proposals to Cayman-based hedge funds, the Financial Times reported.
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Business Owners Need Holistic Planning To Optimize Sale Outcome - Report
19 December 2012
Successful business owners are missing out on getting the full value from their companies by failing to prepare holistically when they sell, according to a report from Rothstein Kass. Many successful business owners are disappointed by the process when it comes to selling the entities they have built up, the report found . In fact over half the ex-business owners surveyed weren’t satisfied, despite the fact that the majority (around 70 per cent) were either satisfied or highly satisfied with the price they received.
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Features
EXCLUSIVE: Citi Private Bank: Reaping Rewards From Client Feedback
13 May 2013
Here, top executives at Citi Private Bank explain how the bank’s “Voice of the Client” initiative has rapidly gained traction among both staff and clients.
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EXCLUSIVE: Industry Leaders Debate Hot Topics Of Client Centricity, Communications
25 March 2013
Relevancy, transparency and ease of use emerged as goals for wealth management firms to strive for in delivering client-centric communications at a recent event of industry leaders held in New York.
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EXCLUSIVE: War For World-Beating Advisor App Still To Be Won
14 March 2013
Tech vendors still have everything to play for when it comes to revolutionizing advisor-client interactions, new research from MyPrivateBanking has revealed.
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Executive Search Firms See Continued Jobs Ferment In North America Market
8 February 2013
This publication recently spoke to a number of wealth management executive search firms about their views about trends in the industry and issues to watch this year.
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INTERVIEW: Fidelity's Stance On What UHNW Clients Really Want
30 January 2013
As scores of industry players attempt to capitalize on the multi-family office market, one firm which has grown from zero to $13 billion assets under administration in two years recently told Family Wealth Report that it is looking beyond investment services.
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News and Features
Latest News
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Comment and Analysis
EXCLUSIVE: Citi Private Bank: Reaping Rewards From Client Feedback
WE Family Offices Sets Out To Reshape The Landscape Of UHNW Wealth Management
FEATURE: A Look At The Mexican High Net Worth Client Market
EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Carroll On His First Few Months At The Helm Of GenSpring
EXCLUSIVE: Industry Leaders Debate Hot Topics Of Client Centricity, Communications
Expert Commentary
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- Investment Strategy
INTERVIEW: UBS Unites Its Wealthiest US Clients In "Safe Haven" Forums
Over the past decade UBS has organized a number of programs internationally for its most sophisticated and wealthy clients to encourage what it describes as the “cross-pollination” of ideas on a range of wealth management issues.
Eliane Chavagnon
20 May 2013
Guest Opinion: An Earnings Report Every Hedge Fund Manager Should Review
Here Diane Harrison, principal and owner of Panegyric Marketing, argues that the debate over fees in the hedge fund industry often focuses on the wrong topics.
Diane Harrison
20 March 2013
Q&A: Rockefeller & Co's Jimmy Chang On The Investment Environment
Here, Jimmy Chang, a senior portfolio manager and a managing director of Rockefeller & Co, discusses some issues around investing in the current environment.
Harriet Davies
4 April 2013
INTERVIEW: Regular Risk Reviews Gain Traction In The Family Office World
The period between 2008 and 2012 saw an uptick in risk reviewing business at New York’s Rothstein Kass Family Offices Group, says partner Evan Jehle.
Harriet Davies
9 April 2013
FEATURE: Twins And The Business Of Family
Building functionality into a family’s business affairs involves defining each person’s role but it’s never easy to think differently about family members who were children at the dinner table, but are now adults around the board table.
Charles Lowenhaupt
8 April 2013
Guest Opinion: Diversification In The Age Of Globalisation
Marc Odo, director of research at software and business intelligence firm Informa Investment Solutions, discusses why diversification failed during the credit crisis.
Marc Odo
25 March 2013
