Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Posted by William Byrnes on November 28, 2013
While you think about how to reduce your weight, after the glutinous consumption of the Thanksgiving meal today, also consider how to reduce your client’s estate tax before an investment pays off. The Twitter executives developed a plan to reduce their eventual gift and estate taxes in advance of their IPO. The IPO has cause the value of the company to skyrocket. But your client does not have to own Twitter stock to leverage the Twitter tax plan…. In fact, a closer look at the planning strategies employed by Twitter shows that your client does not have to be sitting on the next hot silicon valley IPO to benefit from their use. Even if your client does not own pre-IPO shares, the freeze and discounting strategies used can save them from a hefty tax bill.
Read William Byrnes and Robert Bloink’s analysis of the Twitter freeze strategy that may be attractive for certain of your clients at > http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2013/11/06/can-a-twitter-freeze-slash-your-clients-tax-bill <
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Posted in Estate Tax, Taxation | Tagged: estate tax, gift tax, Initial public offering, IPO, tax, Twitter | Leave a Comment »
Posted by William Byrnes on September 29, 2011
Disciplinary histories are becoming easier to access. Brokers’ disciplinary histories are now prominently displayed for the web savvy public; they’re no longer filed away at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where only the most diligent investors will find them. FINRA has made your disciplinary history freely and easily available to the public by launching a web-accessible discipline database.
Whether the easy accessibility of the information is a beneficial will depend on a broker’s history. Those with a clean record will undoubtedly benefit from the easy accessibility of the information and the ease with which clients and prospects can search their record and compare it to others. Those with a negative history, whether deserved or not, may now find themselves on the defensive with prospects more often.
Read this complete analysis of the impact at AdvisorFX (sign up for a free trial subscription with full access to all the planning libraries and client presentations if you are not already a subscriber).
For previous coverage of FINRA complaint and disciplinary procedure in Advisor’s Journal, see FINRA Rule 45-30: Expansive New Complaint Report Requirements (CC 11-96) & Broker Bonus Arbitration Bottleneck Forces FINRA to Reconsider Arbitrator Qualification Standards (CC 11-08).
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Posted in Financial Crimes, Wealth Management | Tagged: Accessibility, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, FINRA, Twitter, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, UBS, United States, Wall Street | Leave a Comment »
Posted by William Byrnes on September 12, 2011
Should insurance applicants and third-party investors be allowed to make material representations when applying for life insurance, if they can manage to hide misdeeds for at least two years? The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York thinks so.
In the latest STOLI case coming out of the federal courts, judge and jury discussed whether blatant fraud on a life insurance policy application is actionable to invalidate a policy after the contestability period has passed. The jury and court held for the investor in the $5 million case.
Read this complete analysis of the impact at AdvisorFX (sign up for a free trial subscription with full access to all the planning libraries and client presentations if you are not already a subscriber).
For previous coverage of STOLI in Advisor’s Journal, see STOLI Scheme Lands Insurance Agent in Jail (CC 11-92), New York Court of Appeals Upholds STOLI Arrangement (CC 10-106), & Recent STOLI Case Is a Big Win for Insurers (CC 10-59).
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Posted in Wealth Management | Tagged: Business, Facebook, insurance, Life, McCann Erickson, Stolichnaya, Twitter, United States | Leave a Comment »
Posted by William Byrnes on August 15, 2011
If you’re one of the two out of three financial professionals who are out of the social media loop, you could be missing opportunities to boost your advisory business. Although the SEC and FINRA are cracking down on firms for social media misuse there’s still a wealth of untapped marketing potential for advisors brave enough forge into this new territory.
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be used to build opportunities – if you know how to use them to the best of your advantage.
Read this complete analysis of the impact at AdvisorFX (sign up for a free trial subscription with full access to all of the planning libraries and client presentations if you are not already a subscriber)
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Posted in Wealth Management | Tagged: Business, Facebook, LinkedIn, Online Communities, Social media, Social network, Twitter, YouTube | Leave a Comment »
Posted by William Byrnes on August 1, 2011
Despite the ever-increasing popularity of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, social media sites are not yielding the results advisors initially envisioned. In terms of building a stronger client base, social media and cold calling were shown to be ineffective ways of generating new revenue – they tied for last place in the recent study by Advisors Trusted Advisor. The producer-client relationship requires a high level of trust, and the use of social media sites, whether for advertising or networking purposes, can have the tendency of disturbing the producer-client relationship. Read this complete analysis of the impact at AdvisorFX (sign up for a free trial subscription with full access to all of the planning libraries and client presentations if you are not already a subscriber).
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Posted in Wealth Management | Tagged: Brand awareness, Business, Facebook, Internet Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Online Communities, Social media, Twitter | Leave a Comment »
Posted by William Byrnes on April 25, 2011
If you’re one of the two out of three financial professionals who are out of the social media loop, you could be missing opportunities to boost your advisory business. Although the SEC and FINRA are cracking down on firms for social media misuse, there’s still a wealth of untapped marketing potential for advisors brave enough forge into this new territory.
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be used to build opportunities – if you know how to use them to the best of your advantage. Clara Shih, author of The Facebook Era, believes that social media marketing, with training and best practices, can be a formula for success. Shih offers tips to help advisors gain success by using social media as a tool to grow their advisory business by connecting with prospective clients and strengthening existing client relationships.
Read this two-page article by linking to AdvisorOne – a National Underwriters Summit Business open-access original content wealth management news portal.
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Posted in Wealth Management | Tagged: AdvisorOne, Business, Clara Shih, Facebook, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, LinkedIn, Social media, Twitter | 1 Comment »
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