
Lee Conrad
Former senior editorLee Conrad is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser, and a former editor of Bank Investment Consultant.

Lee Conrad is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser, and a former editor of Bank Investment Consultant.
If your clients want to invest globally, and according to their Catholic values, you now have one more option to offer.
Barclays Wealth America remains small, but it is carving out a very high-end niche
If Brian Jacobs were talking to a young graduate today, he might have just one word: alternatives.
The sub-Saharan markets have seen 11% growth over the past five years, far surpassing the U.S market.
Overall client satisfaction remained high, but the percentage who were willing to walk increased.
Theres a move for more transparency in target-date funds, although some market observers are convinced they wont solve the current problems.
UBS Wealth Management Americas had $6.6 billion in outflows, but less than the previous quarter.
Consider that 97% of the worlds water is the salty variety; another 2% is frozen in the ice caps; and of the remaining 1%, the vast majority, is currently underground. This means that there is a lot of potential investment opportunities in water.
Most of the trades involved a single penny-stock company.
With stock gains in the triple-digit, where can an investor turn for the next big thing?
The financial powerhouse allowed a short-selling hedge fund to help structure a product it then sold to investors, the SEC announced.
In addition to some high-profile Hollywood exports, the Australia continues to surge. But investment options remain limited.
The company added more than $2 billion to surplus for the year, expanding policyholders cushion of safety to more than $15 million
Company expects $10 million in production within a year from the region. It also wants to enter the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Atlantic regions.
This isnt the fee you charge clients. The current fee issue that made its way to the Supreme Court this week deals with the expenses charged by mutual funds.
SEC and FINRA actions mark the latest chapter in Morgan Keegans ill-fated bond funds saga.
High-yield can offer two things clients desperately want: a decent return and a healthy safety net they cant get from stocks.
Its not too big and its not too small. Its just right, CEO Robert McCann says.
The industry buzz was that McCann had been telling people the firm was overstaffed at headquarters.
Two wirehouse team members took the plunge and struck out on their own and so far, they say, theyre happy with their decision.