Tuesday, 26 April 2016
More financial advisors are learning the ABCs of TAMPs
by: Deborah Nason, special to CNBC.com
Monday, 25 Apr 2016 | 8:00 AM ET
A sharply growing number of financial advisors are outsourcing their asset and investment management to third parties, often referred to as "turnkey asset management programs," or TAMPs.
According to a recent study by Tiburon Strategic Advisors, TAMPs— which provide technology platforms, investment products or a combination of both — have experienced dramatic growth. Since 2011, TAMPs have gone from less than $147 billion in assets (under management or administration) to $1.75 trillion in 2015.
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Saturday, 05 March 2016
Kathleen Longo shares questions you should consider asking your aging parents in her blog titled: Seven Essential Questions to Ask Your Aging Parents Shared by The BAM Alliance, March 3, 2016
Friday, 18 December 2015
Kathleen Longo shares best practices to maximize your year-end charitable giving plans in her blog titled: Wrap Up Your Year-End Giving .
Shared by The BAM Alliance, December 18, 2015
Although the official start to the “Holiday Season” generally occurs on Thanksgiving weekend, the charitable component so often linked to this time of year is highlighted a few days later with #GivingTuesday, which fell on Dec. 1. If you don’t know already, #GivingTuesday, a relatively recent movement, was created in 2012 by New York’s 92nd Street Y in partnership with the United Nations Foundation as a response to consumerism and commercialization. The event takes place each year on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, providing a respite from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and is designed to be a global day of giving through monetary donations, your time, goods and your voice.
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Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Kathleen Longo shares her thoughts on a new course, Introduction to Personal Finance, offered to all freshman at Purdue University in the fall 2015 issue of Life 360 magazine from Purdue University. The class is designed to provide students with a solid foundation of basic financial knowledge and practical solutions to help them better manage their finances.
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