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Principal To Buy WaMu's Fund Management Business
By Trevor ThomasPrincipal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa, announced that it plans to acquire the mutual fund management business of Washington Mutual Inc., Seattle, for $740 million.Principal ...
July 01, 2006
Morgan Stanley Cuts TraineesIn another move designed to cut costs and increase average broker production, Morgan Stanley has trimmed its broker training program down to between 700 and...
July 01, 2006
The Silver LiningFreakonomics research isn't all about revealing the darker side of human behavior. Consider this analysis of Paul Feldman's bagel business. Feldman was an economist in...
July 01, 2006
Two Cautionary TalesDavid Bibicoff, a planner from Strategies for Wealth Creation & Protection in White Plains, New York, reiterates the need for planners to anticipate protection needs...
July 01, 2006
Picking Your PartnersA popular notion is that advisors must establish a niche in order to distinguish themselves from competitors. Carstens says while finding a niche helps, advisors...
July 01, 2006
Assessing Employees EffectivelyAn effective performance evaluation will assess all planning employees in the following nine areas of development, weighted to emphasize the areas most important to each...
July 01, 2006
Reasons to Work with YouAndrew Gluck was moderating a panel about retirement at an advisory conference recently when he came to a stunning realization. The idea of asking clients...
July 01, 2006
Embracing Wealth Management"Wealth management" is such a hot topic these days that there's a very real risk that the term itself will devolve into a meaningless, inconsistently...