The Latest

  • Buyers and sellers are overhauling their firms by folding in accounting and newly-launched independent advisors.

    August 17
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  • Ben Zatlin serves as Vice President and General Manager of Agero's Accident Management business, a role he began in September 2021. Prior to leading the Accident Management line of business, Ben spent the previous two and a half years leading Agero's digital transformation to Swoop, its next-generation dispatching platform. He is passionate about leveraging technology to drive claims innovation and deliver consistent, high-quality service. Prior to Agero, Ben was a management consultant at professional services firm Deloitte and an operations engineer at life sciences company Abbott Laboratories. He holds a BA in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

    August 17
  • Zephyr's head of wealth management says now is the perfect time to remind clients why they need you.

    August 17
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  • Tax

    Returning cash to shareholders stops companies from doing stupid things with their money. The new 1% levy could open the door to more buyback taxes, and more foolish spending by companies.

    August 17
    The tax horse may have left the barn for stock buybacks.
  • Given that the bank's asset management arm oversees $1.4 trillion, Morgan Stanley's moves is expected to make a splash.

    August 17
  • Justin Berman is a Technical Director at Skybox Security. Berman is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Cloud Security Professional with a Certified Specialty in AWS Security with over 20 years of experience.
    Justin has a passion for IT security beyond the realm of his assigned roles and responsibilities. He is knowledgeable across a great number of security disciplines.

    August 17
  • As the General Manager of Dayforce Wallet & Consumer Services at Ceridian, Seth Ross brings nearly 20 years' of experience to oversee the development, launch, and implementation of Dayforce Wallet, Ceridian's market-leading pay solution that enables employees to access their earned wages at any time.

    Prior to joining Ceridian, Ross led Green Dot Corporation's Banking-as-a-Service business, where he helped build new, embedded financial services businesses with partners like Apple, Uber, Intuit, Stash and others. Before that, he led the global airline partnerships strategy for American Express and helped launch Amex Advance, a division focused on data commercialization. 

    Ross holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Ivey Business School at Western University in London, Ontario, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

    August 17
  • Joe Bonner is the founder of J. Bonner Consulting and a three-time bank CEO.

    August 17
  • Alexander Bagne, CPA, JD, MBA, CCSP, is the president of ICS Tax LLC. He focuses on tax planning strategies for real estate investors and developers, is a proponent of energy efficient construction and has served as the president of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP).

    August 16
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  • Members of the influential fee-only planners group paid tribute to the growth and professionalism during their outgoing chief's tenure.

    August 16
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