Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 03/04/2010



Find a Financial Advisor Lytham St Annes
These days, a good financial advisor is much more than just stressed-out people with a penchant for stocks and shares, glued to their telephones or computers in order to earn large profits for their clients and to place buy and sell orders...

Market Wire - 4WARD Financial Marketing Introduces Turnkey Seminar Program, Direct Connect
March 2, 2010 -- 4WARD Financial Marketing , the wholly-owned subsidiary of NEXT Financial Holdings , introduced their turnkey seminar marketing program, Direct...

Business Wire - Email Archiving Provider LiveOffice Launches Social Media Archiving Solution
March 2, 2010 -- LiveOffice announces a social media archiving solution and an enhanced AdvisorMail compliance solution for financial advisors. ...

Business Wire - Independent Investment Advisors Say Frugal Is the New Normal for Affluent Americans, According to Schwab Study
March 2, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a9e30) SAN FRANCISCO -- Independent investment advisors see a renewed emphasis on personal financial discipline...

Fickle Fortune for America's Most-Hated Fish
Edward Tenner - Edward Tenner is a historian of technology and culture. He was a founding advisor of Smithsonian's Lemelson Center and holds a Ph.D in European history...

60-plus set can't afford to retire
More people say they just don't have the money to retire these days. Seventy-two percent of workers over the age of 60 who are putting off retirement are doing so because they can't afford it, according to a survey by Careerbuilder.com, a career resources website...

DFS helps employers, employees prepare for the mass boomer exodus
Desjardins Financial Security Group Retirement Savings has created a two-day retirement planning workshop to help employees tackle the financial and psycho-social aspects of leaving the workforce...

Business Wire - linkedFA – Fully Compliant Social Networking Site for Financial Professionals Launches
March 2, 2010 -- Social networking site linkedFA for financial professionals to connect & interact with investors, while complying with industry regulations on...

WATCH
Jim Ruta, owner of expertinstitute.com, an online coaching site, outlines four fundamental financial planning lessons that he's learned during his career...

Budget chat with experts
Budget chat with experts on Thursday, March 4 The much anticipated Budget announcements are over...

Top advisory body convenes in Beijing
China's top political advisory body has opened its annual session in Beijing. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, is part of China's system of socialist democratic politics...

Chat @ 1: Budget and your investment plans
Budget Chat with Sailesh Multani The Budget announcements have been made. The finance minister changed the tax slabs giving more money in the hands of the people...

Market Wire - Silver Standard Resources Inc.: Sale of Silvertip Project Closes
March 1, 2010 -- Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX: SSO)(NASDAQ: SSRI) is pleased to report that the sale of the Silvertip Project to Silvercorp Metals Inc....

KIT digital Prices Offering of $15 Million of Common Stock
KIT digital has granted a 30-day option to the underwriter to purchase up to an additional 231,244 shares to cover over-allotments. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the shares in the offering to repurchase outstanding warrants issued in prior private placement financings from certain warrant holders and, if there are ...

MP electricity board delays salary disbursement
Bhopal: While State Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla recently announced that Madhya Pradesh will be self sufficient in the energy sector by the end of 2013, the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board seems to be grappling with problems of its own...

Market Wire - Silvermex Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
March 2, 2010 -- SILVERMEX RESOURCES LTD. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SMR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Hallein Darby, CA as its Chief Financial...

's Parent
Affinity, the nationa s largest provider of outdoor recreation clubs, services, media and events and parent company of Trailer Life magazine , has announced that it has completed the refinancing of its senior bank debt...

W-BHS Deca students win gold, silver at state
Winder-Barrow DECA students outdid themselves at the 2010 State Career Development Conference as 21 W-BHS students traveled to the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta for two days of competitive events...

Storing Wealth in Cash Paying Negative Real Returns
How long will people choose to hold any wealth in cash given it's losing value thanks to negative real rates of interest.? PEOPLE don't always do what policy-makers expect or demand of them...

How to talk money with your spouse-to-be
Will you raise your kids with a particular religion, will you both register with the same political party and how will you arrange reception seating to ensure your new mother-in-law is content with who is at her table and where she will sit? Getting married generates no shortage of opportunities to have important conversations with your ...

Market Wire - Penske Truck Leasing Completes Acquisition of Bright Truck Leasing
March 1, 2010 -- Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. today announced it has completed the acquisition of Texas-based Bright Truck Leasing & Bright Distribution, a...

Obama administration partially lifts secrecy on classified cybersecurity project
Editor's Note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld . For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld's Macintosh Knowledge Center ...

Savant Capital Management Partners with Savant Private Trust to Provide Trust Capabilities
- Savant Capital Management, Inc. announces the registration of Savant Private Trust, a next-generation trust platform. Savant Private Trust is a division of National Advisors Trust Company, FSB,a federally chartered advisor owned independent trust company. It will allow Savant Capital Management to support client trust needs in all 50 states. Savant Private Trust adds to Savant Capital Management's comprehensive wealth management solution, offering world-class financial expertise and proven success in the regional marketplace. Savant Private Trust will provide a vital component of a client's multi-generational financial plan. Clients will be able to leverage Savant Capital Management's proven and nationally recognized investment expertise while protecting their family assets for multiple generations. Savant Private Trust will provide the local community the opportunity to pass on wealth to family with the peace of mind that their family assets will be stewarded with Savant's fiduciary expertise. Savant Private Trust's services follow a next-generation model, offering a "true" fiduciary relationship, transparent fee structure, open architecture, top technology and local relationships, whereas many other area trust firms continue to use proprietary products, earn hidden compensation, are distracted by their core banking business, are frequently serviced by out of town bank staff and generally offer mediocre and dated investment approaches. "Providing access to trust services allows us to offer the next level of financial planning for an individual, giving peace of mind that his or her financial affairs are well taken care of long after they are gone or disabled," said Brent Brodeski, Managing Partner, Savant Capital Management. Examples of Savant Private Trust's services include: Trust Administration Living Trusts Irrevocable Trusts Testamentary Trusts Educational Trusts Charitable Trusts Insurance Trusts Bill Paying Tax Reporting Employee Benefit Plans In addition, Savant Private Trust will allow the firm to attract and recruit the community's most experienced and talented trust officers to their growing team. During the next year, Savant anticipates hiring additional trust officers and professionals to complement its existing top local team of advisors. For more information, go to www.savantcapital.com or www.savantprivatetrust.com About Savant Capital Management, Inc. Savant Capital Management, Inc. offers investment management, financial planning, and family office services to financially established individuals, trust funds, retirement plans and non-profit organizations. Savant is regularly recognized among the top wealth managers in the United States. Savant was named the top independent advisor in Illinois by Chicago Magazine. Savant was named by Barron's magazine as one of the 100 best independent financial advisors in the United States for the last three consecutive years, and Inc. magazine named the firm as the fastest growing Registered Investment Advisor in Illinois. For the past seven years, Savant earned a place on Bloomberg Wealth Manager's Top Wealth Managers list. Savant also was recognized as one of the nation's top 100 financial advisors by Worth magazine from 1997 through 2008; the survey was discontinued in 2009. In 2006, Savant was included in The Wealth Factor - A Team Approach, a book profiling ten of the most innovative and respected wealth management firms in the nation. For more information on Savant Capital Management, log-on to www.savantcapital.com. Savant Capital Management, Inc. is a Registered Investment Advisor. This announcement is only intended for interested investors residing in states in which the Advisor is qualified to provide investment advisory services. Please contact the Advisor to find out if they are qualified to provide investment advisory services in the state where you reside. Savant's marketing material should not be construed by any existing or prospective client as a guarantee that they will experience a certain level of results if they engage the adviser's services and includes lists or rankings published by magazines and other sources which are generally based exclusively on information prepared and submitted by the recognized adviser. The Adviser does not attempt to furnish personalized investment advice or services through this publication. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Savant Private Trust is a division of National Advisors Trust Company, FSB, a federally chartered advisor owned independent trust company # # # Media Contact: Savant Capital Management Carrie Skogsberg 815-489-3955..

Market Wire - San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency Advisor Earns Top MassMutual Producer Honor
March 1, 2010 -- The San Francisco Bay Area Agency, a local office of the MassMutual Financial Group, today announced that Tony Delumen, 31, and a sixth-year agent,...

SouthWest Water To Be Acquired for $427 Million
SouthWest Water Co. said Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired and taken private for about $275 million in cash, plus assumption of debt...

Busted! Spain nabs 3 men reportedly behind one of biggest computer crimes EVER
Spanish police have arrested three men accused of masterminding one of the biggest computer crimes to date -- infecting more than 13 million PCs with a virus that stole credit card numbers and other data...

Market Wire - TNR Gold Engages Financial Advisor for Its Los Azules Copper Project
March 1, 2010 -- TNR Gold Corp. ("TNR" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: TNR) is pleased to announce that it has engaged British Swiss Investment Corp. ("BSIC") to...

Permanent Fund earns 18.76 percent last year
The Alaska Permanent Fund had a stellar 2009, earning 18.76 percent for the year, its managers were told last week...

Market Wire - Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund Provides 2009 Canadian Tax Information
March 1, 2010 -- Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (TSX: MPT.UN)(TSX: MPT.DB.A) ("MPT" or the "Fund") today provided information to assist individual...

If Rahmbo is going rogue, what will Obama do?
When Rahm Emanuel was riding high last summer, expanding his power while swatting down retarded liberals, the New York Times published a long profile presenting him as the undisputed master of Obama's universe...



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