Bank & Financial

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Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Stephen Savage	Why Size Matters There's a huge incentive for money managers and fund executives to discount the significance of asset growth. But investors who ignore asset growth do so at their own risk. Here's why and how planners can spot trouble.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn	Letter Perfect As exchange-traded funds (ETFs) proliferate, financial planners find that they're useful for alpha as well as beta.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Craig L. Israelsen	Think Inside the Box The many investments within a style box are not all alike. Market-cap variance can lead to significant performance differences within style boxes -- particularly among large-cap funds.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Randy Bullard	The Next New Thing First there were Separately Managed Accounts, now Unified Managed Accounts. Could the next step be Household Managed Accounts?
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Steve Deutsch	Parallel Universes Allocations to separate accounts and mutual funds are strikingly similar, but advisers should hesitate to make returns-based conclusions, particularly when it comes to separate accounts relative to other investment vehicles.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Lawson & Bloom	A Hybrid Future Financial advisers should learn how the new DB(k) plan could make retirement offerings easier and more affordable for small-business owners.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad	It's Good to Be Big...or Little As the RIA industry continues to enjoy rapid growth, mid-size firms are feeling a profit margin crunch.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006	On the Job Fiserv Investment Support Services has appointed Vice President Sean Gultig head of its Advisor Services area... National Planning Holdings has appointed chief compliance officers to three of its network firms... etc.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Jane Worthington	Soft Dollars: The SEC's New Guidelines The revised SEC interpretation of its safe harbor provision in October 2005 ended months of speculation among money managers as to whether soft dollars can still be used to purchase investment research.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Marion Asnes	5 Questions An interview with Dan Moisand on the commencement of his one-year term as FPA president.
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