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Revealed: Millionaires' top stock and favorite mutual fund
By Bloomberg News
Survey of Tiger 21 members offers intriguing glimpse into what millionaires do with their millions ... Learn more.

Commodities funds brace for regulatory ‘confusion’
By Jessica Toonkel
Mutual fund companies may be largely unaffected by the financial services reform legislation, but they are girding for other types of regulation. Specifically, commodities funds that invest in futures may soon be more stringently monitored ... Learn more.

Finra board candidates from small B-Ds air big gripe about regulator
By Dan Jamieson
An unfair regulatory system is hurting small brokerage firms and needs to be changed, according to candidates running for seats on the board of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc... Learn more.

ALERTS
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CPWA Designation Program Deadline Extended to September 2
Last Session Sold Out & Only a Few Seats Remain for this Prestigious Designation

The Certified Private Wealth Advisor SM (CPWA®) designation program is an advanced credential created specifically for wealth managers and advisors who work with high-net-worth clients on the life cycle of wealth: accumulation, preservation, and distribution. Candidates who earn this designation learn to identify and analyze challenges facing high-net-worth clients and learn to develop specific strategies to minimize taxes, monetize and protect assets, maximize growth, and transfer wealth.

Apply today to reserve your place in this limited-enrollment program. Pre-study commences in September 2010, and the in-class program will be held March 14–18, 2011, at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Read what your peers have said about the program; learn more about the program or download the application now!
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Attend the Premier High-Net-Worth Conference
IMCA 2010 Advanced Wealth Management Conference


Conference Dates: November 8–9, 2010
Early-bird registration deadline is October 8!
CE Credit: Approximately 12 hours, including one ethics hour. An additional 3.5* hours of IMCA-sponsored CE will be available by attending the post-conference workshop on Tuesday, November 9.
The leading conference for advanced wealth management techniques and networking is open for registration.

Program Highlights
IMCA’s 2010 Advanced Wealth Management Conference features presentations by economist Peter Ricchiuti, Washington guru Andrew Friedman, Harvard University’s Charles Collier, attorney and estate planning expert James M. Duggan, Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders, Santa Clara University’s behavioral finance pioneer Hersh Shefrin, PhD, and more. Technical sessions will explore alternative investments, asset allocation, asset protection, family offices, and executive compensation. This is the premier advanced wealth management education opportunity this year and space is limited.

Click here for more information and to register.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Improve Your Practice with New Skills and Strategies
IMCA 2010 Practice Management Conference
Registration opens this month!

Conference Dates: December 5–7, 2010
CE Credit: Approximately 13 hours, including one ethics hour. An additional 3 hours of IMCA-sponsored CE will be available by attending the post-conference workshop on Tuesday, December 7.

Program Highlights
This year, IMCA’s Practice Management Conference features skills and strategies you can take home and immediately implement to improve your practice. Highlights include a capital market outlook from LPL’s chief market strategist Jeffrey Kleintop, branding with Nuveen’s Kevin Rochford, communication skills with John Daly, PhD, from the University of Texas, analyzing your productivity and profitability with Stephanie Bogan of Quantivus Consulting, and capitalizing on secular stock market cycles from Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research. Plus, don’t miss the post-conference workshop with Frank Schuurmans on blue ocean strategy. This hands-on workshop will help you decide how you should compete to most effectively contribute to your bottom line.

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LIVE AUDIO BROADCAST
Tax-Loss Harvesting
Presented Thursday, August 19
, 4:15 PM ET
Registration deadline for live broadcast is August 19, 4 PM ET
CE Credit: One hour
Presented by Michael Scotto, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Toward the end of each year, advisors should discuss reducing taxes on gains with clients. The tax advantages of setting gains against losses can be enormous as long as you follow all the rules and implement some tax-savvy strategies. This presentation will discuss the pros and cons of and strategies for tax-loss harvesting in today’s economic environment. Click here for more information and to register.

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A Reminder Regarding Certification Renewal Requirements
There are three requirements to renew the CIMA®/CIMC® or CPWA® license.
1. Complete and report a minimum of 40 hours of continuing education (CE) credit during the two-year certification renewal period.
2. Pay a certification renewal fee.
3. Sign and submit a disclosure statement.
Read more about CIMA/CIMC certification renewal requirements or find more information regarding CPWA designation renewal requirements.
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Looking to Connect with Your Peers?
IMCA's LinkedIn group offers an online community to share best practices, discuss current issues, post jobs, and network. The group is open only to IMCA members and currently is home to more than 1,000 of your peers. Join this exclusive online community now.
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Time Running Out to Sign Up for Roubini.com
IMCA is offering members a limited number of 2010 trial subscriptions to Roubini Global Economics’ Web site, Roubini.com. The premium subscription provides you with access to a warehouse of information on the global economy in the form of critical issues and briefings, as well as regular analysis and strategy outlooks each month. Learn more about Roubini.com by downloading this brochure. IMCA will provide this limited member benefit on a first-come, first-served basis. To take advantage of this benefit, please e-mail info@imca.org with a note in the subject line that reads, “Roubini.com subscription”
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Legislative Intelligence Reports
IMCA members recently received their first legislative intelligence alert analyzing the impact of the recent financial services reform legislation when it was sent to President Obama for his signature. IMCA will be providing this service on an ongoing basis as a new member benefit. IMCA’s Board of Directors authorized the hiring of a top Washington DC law firm to provide legislative and public affairs intelligence and analysis to our members. The firm’s charge is to provide IMCA members with the latest legislative and regulatory analysis on actions affecting investment consultants, financial advisors, and other key IMCA constituencies. The firm providing this intelligence is Morgan Lewis, one of the top firms in the United States. Morgan Lewis represents more than half of the Fortune® 100 firms and is widely known for its capabilities in Washington DC. It is important for members to know that IMCA as an education and credentialing organization does not lobby legislators or regulators nor advocate for any particular legislative or regulatory position either on its own or through its relationship with Morgan Lewis. This service is strictly informational and educational. Access the most recent legislative intelligence alert now.
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Need CE? Take the Quiz in Investments & Wealth Monitor
IMCA publishes a continuing education (CE) quiz worth one hour of CIMA®, CIMC®, and CPWA® IMCA-sponsored CE credit in each issue of Investments & Wealth Monitor. Visit IMCA's Web site to learn more and to purchase a quiz.

What’s Your Style?
Long-time IMCA member Ron Surz has a new take on “style” when it comes to portfolio construction and manager research. Traditional style analyses use complex black boxes that consultants accept on faith, but Surz’s new free tool graphically plots the style of every stock in the portfolio so the details are plain to see. Also, where most tools look at price-to-book, Surz has built StyleScan to show both the traditional style definition and his own proprietary method. Advisors can check out the holdings of a favorite index or portfolio in two different style spaces. Are distressed financials value (cheap) stocks or growth (risky)? You decide.

IMCA members can try out his free holdings-based style analysis at http://www.ppca-inc.com/StyleScan/Demonstration.aspx. All they need to do is paste their own portfolio holdings into the box provided. Or if they don’t want to do that, they can examine their favorite indexes up close.

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