Wealth management

U.S. Wealth Management president and CEO John Napolitano discusses why accountants should build a family office services practice to help high net worth clients with their financial planning and wealth management, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody.

Slashing a CEO’s compensation after a company produces disappointing financial results may help improve earnings for a time, but it can also encourage earnings manipulation, according to a new study.

Approximately 7.2 percent of U.S. employees have their wages garnished, according to a new study released Monday by the payroll giant ADP, with the percentage rising to 10 percent for those who earn between $25,000 and $39,999 per year.

If you sold, advised on or had anything to do with a listed transaction, you could be fined by the Internal Revenue Service under recently issued regulations.

The research and advisory firm Celent has released a new report cautioning wealth management professionals to be careful about using personal information, recent location and analytical data in their communications with clients that could strike them as “creepy.”

Many clients need to protect their estate for -- and from -- their descendants

Serving wealthy clients' families can be a profitable niche

The receipt of a comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission induces many top executives to start selling shares in their companies before the letters are released to the public, according to a new study.

One of the big trends this summer has been the ALS Association’s remarkable success with its “ice bucket challenge,” but the very success of the campaign could pose a challenge of its own to the ALS Association and other charities.

Nonprofit and for-profit corporations that borrow through the issuance of taxable or tax exempt municipal debt have a new rule about who can give them financial advice.

U.S. Wealth Management president and CEO John Napolitano discusses how accountants can help clients find opportunities for financial planning when preparing their clients' taxes, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody.

Einstein developed a simple formula that provided the solution to the cosmos, energy and matter. Well, by working on it long enough with determined focus I just developed my own formula E=fs4Uh for the solution to client financial success. Ed = financial security for you at a higher level.

In case you haven’t heard, National Grandparents Day is just around the corner, on September 7.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., after announcing an average of two acquisitions a month this year, is learning the importance of doing your homework.

This year's tax planning is going to be heavily focused on accelerating deductions and maximizing tax credits, according to Evan Stephens, a tax manager at the business consulting and accounting firm Sensiba San Filippo.

Lyle Benson of L.K. Benson & Co., who chairs the AICPA's PFP section, discusses how CPA financial planners can make sure their clients' assets last throughout their retirement years, along with the tax planning aspects of retirement planning, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has partnered with Broadridge Tax Services on combining their cost basis and tax reporting compliance systems.

Jobs gained during the economic recovery following the Great Recession pay an average of 23 percent less than the jobs lost during the recession, according to a new report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Ted Sarenski, president and CEO of Blue Ocean Strategic Capital, discusses the findings of the AICPA Personal Financial Planning section's Elder Planning Task Force survey on major issues surrounding financial planning and retirement, including uncertainty about Social Security and the rising cost of health care, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood .

Many U.S. households are not adequately prepared for retirement, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve that found 31 percent of non-retired respondents indicating they have no retirement savings or pension, including 19 percent of those ages 55 to 64.