Bank & Financial

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Financial Advisor December 2007 David Lawrence	Playing Nice Technology has revolutionized the financial services profession. However, in the rush to take advantage of technology, many practitioners have ignored the potential benefits of efficient use of technological systems.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Mary Rowland	Finding A Prince Planners who formed the first generation of professionals often said that they would never sell their firms or merge into a larger entity. But ask him this year and he's likely to say he wants to buy another financial planning firm or he wants a bigger firm to buy him.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Roy Diliberto	Creating A Memorable Experience How many financial advisors believe that all they need to do to retain and attract clients is to provide good advice?
Financial Advisor December 2007 Marla Brill	The New Indexing Maze The mushrooming ETF market has spawned a new breed of indexes that represent a radical departure from traditional benchmarks in both their construction and purpose.
Financial Advisor December 2007 David J. Drucker	Living The Same, Longer If traditional planning software focuses on the sufficiency of a client's assets, Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff's E$Planner focuses on the sustainability of the client's living standard and on his optimal life insurance coverage.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Lewis Walker	Retirement As A Mess Of Maybes Helpful advice is everywhere, but retirees and preretirees may wonder if financial advisors are creating a numerical Tower of Babel.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Jeff Schlegel	The Changing Face Of 401(k) Plans The 401(k) plan has become a bedrock of the American retirement account, but its foundation is becoming increasingly fluid with evolving rules, products and attitude shifts that add choices -- and complexities -- for plan participants and their sponsors.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Marla Brill	The Art Of Delegation For the $8.5 billion American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund, hiring a stable of like-minded investment managers to assemble a portfolio of large cap value stocks is testimony to the virtues of leaving the heavy lifting to others.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Fidelity's Silver Bullet If WealthCentral meets expectations, it will create significant efficiencies and cost savings for those who take full advantage of it. If Fidelity can pull it off, it will leapfrog the technology offerings of other custodians, as well as those of independent providers, by a significant margin.
Financial Advisor December 2007 Sydney LeBlanc	More Options, More Business Independent advisors recently got the opportunity of a lifetime -- the marriage made between fee-based advisory accounts and fiduciary accountability finally made headlines in the SEC repeal of Rule 202.
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