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Charles Paikert

Charles is a specialist on financial advisory industry topics. He was an editor for Investment News and has also written for Financial Planning, Family Wealth Report, RIABiz, Barron’s, The New York Times and Reuters. Twitter: @paikert

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Krawcheck attempts to put thunder’ back in Merrill’s brokerage force

Sallie Krawcheck made a bold statement last week in her first public remarks since being tapped as president…

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Clock is ticking for more foreign account holders to seek amnesty

Many U.S. taxpayers with unreported income from hidden offshore accounts have decided to participate in the government's tax amnesty program, which ends tomorrow, according to tax attorneys.

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IRS to offshore tax cheats: You have three more weeks to ‘fess up

U.S. taxpayers with unreported income from hidden offshore accounts received a three-week reprieve today from the Internal Revenue Service, which pushed back the deadline for its tax amnesty program from Wednesday to Oct. 15.

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UBS sends a warning to U.S. clients that IRS could obtain their data

With next week's deadline for an Internal Revenue Service offshore amnesty program looming, American clients of Swiss banking giant UBS AG have been sent a letter by the bank warning that their undeclared income in Switzerland may be revealed to U.S. tax authorities.

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Threshold and Ashbridge agree to merge into $2.2B multifamily office

Threshold Group, a Gig Harbor, Wash., multifamily office, and Ashbridge Investment Management, a Philadelphia-based MFO, have signed a letter of intent to merge.

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Multifamily offices weather the storm, eye expansion, study finds

Considering all that went wrong in the markets last year, 2008 turned out to be a relatively good year for multifamily offices, according to a study released today by Family Wealth Alliance LLC.

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Washington wealth managers Evermay and Ayrshire merge

Evermay Wealth Management and Ayrshire Associates are merging to form what the principals hope will be a major wealth management player in the Washington market.

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Advisers increase hand-holding and risk management for clients

The downturn of the past year has had a profound effect on how financial advisers are managing client behavior and expectations.

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Teaching children to help others

All sacrifices are relative, but giving up your Nintendo GameBoy DSi console and donating it to an orphanage is no small matter when you are a 7-year-old boy.

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Rehmann taps ex-Oppenheimer, ex Stanford exec to expand Florida wealth biz

Rehmann LLC, the Saginaw, Mich.-based accounting firm, is targeting Florida as a prime market to expand its wealth management business.