"The reality is you can't be in those kinds of environments and solely be an adviser, " Gen Cone said.
He's ceased to be an adviser to a private equity firm, and given up a directorship at Compass catering group, while also giving up his cancer charity role.
If the advice you were given in 1983 does turn out to be from an independent financial adviser completely separate from the insurance firm, you may find the adviser now no longer exists.
Even investors who have access to 0.46% institutional shares through an adviser should be counting their basis points against the 0.55% charged by the exchange-traded fund.
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But now there is a whole new army of brokers that will be fiduciaries too, except unlike an objective fee-only adviser these brokers will still be tempted by the bribe of a big fat commission.
You may decide to hire an adviser and that might be helpful, although I caution you in your search.
Former Acting ATF Chief Ken Melson, after refusing to be a scapegoat for this operation, became an adviser in the Office of Legal Affairs in Washington, D.
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Chris George, Thames Rowing Club safety adviser, said it could be "an unmitigated disaster about to happen".
Once your decision is made to visit an adviser, your first meeting should be treated as an introduction and a chance to discuss your priorities and plans.
There may be a fourth step taken by people who use an investment adviser or broker to manage their portfolios.
But if a follower or a so-called Twitter troll crosses the line with an insulting response, it may be wise for the adviser not to engage.
Under the recently adopted Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC has been tasked with producing a comprehensive study on whether the standards to which a broker is held should be raised to the higher level historically expected from an investment adviser.
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This may be just the beginning says Philippe Chalmin, an economics professor and adviser to the French government.
How an adviser is paid determines what they perceive to be true.
Yet Aurelie Filippetti, an adviser to Hollande, said Sunday there would only be a single debate on May 2.
The agency can still recommend an adviser reimburse investors if the expenses are judged to be inappropriate, according to people familiar with the matter.
Because there is a host of conditions to be met to render such contracts valid, the help of an Islamic legal adviser is usually required.
If you invest in a hedge fund, your adviser should be able to compare its returns against that of an index, such as one of those composed by Hedge Fund Research Inc.
Where an institutional customer has delegated decisionmaking authority to an agent, such as an investment adviser or a bank trust department, these factors shall be applied to the agent.
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Labour's motion, calling for the culture secretary to be referred to an inquiry by Sir Alex Allan, the prime minister's adviser on the ministerial code, was defeated by 290 to 252 votes.
In addition to finding an accountant through word-of-mouth or your state CPA society, your financial adviser or lawyer probably can recommend an accountant, and communication can be easier if your team is used to working together.
Neil Gibson, an economic adviser to the firm, fears that the strength of exports will be overwhelmed by weaknesses at home, with consumers and government reining in their spending and domestic businesses unable to raise money for investment.
This article is by Ram Charan, an adviser to CEOs and corporate boards whose latest book, Global Tilt, will be released by Crown this winter.
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The sharp differences in fees highlight the need for investors to be vigilant about whether their index fund is actually a good deal, especially if they use an adviser who gets a commission from picking an expensive fund.
The chairman of the Commission for Integrated Transport, David Begg, who is an influential adviser to the government, believes that many of the tensions within the industry could be eased by a move to a more rational structure.
Hoffmeister, a student of Jude Wanniski, an 80s supply-side champion and former economic adviser to Ronald Reagan, agrees that the dollar should be somehow pegged to something more tangible, like gold.
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The cost of reversing the policy "wouldn't be insignificant, " said Leonard Farber, a former senior policy maker in Canada's finance department and now an adviser at global law firm Norton Rose.
"Most of the country's economy is in financial services, which will be hit, resulting in an increase in availability of office space, " said Pavlos Loizou, a real-estate adviser with Nicosia-based Leaf Research.
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