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Seven ways to talk your financial execs out of jargon and bad writing

Investment Writing

For example, “A number of good things happened last year, but let’s first get the bad news out of the way,” he says on page 3 of his 2012 shareholder letter (PDF). He admits that the firm’s 2012 gains were “subpar.” Next, consider ways to satisfy the compliance department’s concerns.

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Municipal SMAs: Behind the Velvet Rope of Regulation

Brown Advisory

Investors who never contemplated the concept of “municipal bankruptcy” previously would later be forced to add the term into their vernacular, spurred by bankruptcies of Jefferson County, Alabama in 2011; Stockton and San Bernardino, California in 2012; and Detroit in 2013. Investors cannot aff ord complacency. The results were discouraging.

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Municipal SMAs: Behind the Velvet Rope of Regulation

Brown Advisory

Investors who never contemplated the concept of “municipal bankruptcy” previously would later be forced to add the term into their vernacular, spurred by bankruptcies of Jefferson County, Alabama in 2011; Stockton and San Bernardino, California in 2012; and Detroit in 2013. Investors cannot aff ord complacency. The results were discouraging.

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Before Tying the Knot

Brown Advisory

By Mick Dillon, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Global Leaders Strategy; Priyanka Agnihotri, Equity Research Analyst. By Stephen Shutz, CFA, Tax-Exempt Portfolio Manager. As recently as 2012 Puerto Rico was able to sell to investors public-sector bonds despite its bleak fiscal outlook and shrinking economy.

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Transcript: Mike Green, Simplify Asset Management

The Big Picture

So any compliance people listening, I’m just spitballing here. The second thing that it ultimately does is it creates conditions under which there’s a transition from cash rich portfolios that are ultimately option like in their characteristics. I’m gonna hold it in my portfolio. That’s Barry saying it.

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

I do believe it should be different regulated differently from portfolio management, which is the typical definition of the registered investment advisor, but that it shouldn’t be the CFP Board that is controlling the regulatory environment for financial planners. For advise on such matters, contact a legal or compliance advisor.

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Transcript: Savita Subramanian

The Big Picture

But then, you know, just in, I think it was 2012 coming out of the financial crisis, you know, after, after one round of QE Europe was in a, you know, a recession, everybody was depressed, 00:15:33 [Speaker Changed] Brexit, grexit, it was all happening. I mean, if you think about just how much this number changes over time.

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