Monday, October 3, 2011

Dynamic Wealth Management Zurich Research and Data Technology News Articles

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The Business Finance Store offers advice on how to foster a gossip-free work environment that will create an appropriate work culture and improve business overall.

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Remember the expression “sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” This common saying was often used to teach people that words, written or spoken, cannot, or should not, negatively affect them. However, most would agree that this saying does not hold true, especially not in business. Negative conversations, whether directed at specific individuals or not, in the workplace can have deleterious effects on employee productivity and happiness. In a recent blog post ”Dealing with Gossip in the Workplace,” the Business Finance Store suggests strategies for developing gossip-free workplace cultures so businesses can thrive.

A workplace full of gossip not only threatens the confidentiality of employees but may also contribute to high employee turnover. However, effective management can help squash gossip before it negatively affects business functioning. The Business Finance Store outlines some ways managers can create a more open environment that discourages gossip, while creating a safe work environment for employees. Read more about creating a gossip-free workplace at The Business Finance Store’s blog.

Dynamic Wealth Management News Updates

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Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s army said it arrested a senior al-Qaeda leader, Younis al-Mauritani, responsible for the militant group’s international operations, with help from U.S. intelligence agencies.

The Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate captured Al- Mauritani and two other al-Qaeda operatives, Abdul Ghaffar al- Shami and Messara al-Shami in the southwestern city of Quetta, the military’s press office said in an e-mailed statement. The arrest, which follows months of U.S.-Pakistani tension over counter-terrorism cooperation, is part of “a strong, historic intelligence relationship” between the agency known as ISI and U.S. intelligence agencies, the statement said.

“Al-Mauritani was tasked personally by Osama bin Laden to focus on hitting targets of economical importance in the United States of America, Europe and Australia” and envisioned attacks on “gas/oil pipelines, power-generating dams” and oil tankers or other ships, the army statement said.

The announcement comes two weeks after U.S. officials say an American missile killed Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, who had become al-Qaeda’s deputy leader following the killing in May of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy Seals in Pakistan.

While Abd al-Rahman was a well-known figure, described by the U.S. government as a central al-Qaeda leader, al-Mauritani hasn’t been prominent in analysts’ accounts of its leadership and has not

Dynamic Wealth Management News, Tips and Advice

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Over the past few columns, I have discussed issues related to selling the family business.

I’ve covered the importance of evaluating your life goals along with the dollars involved in a sale, the value of shaping up the management and financial statements, and the need to leverage expert advice. This final installment will convey a few techniques to optimizing the deal with the buyer.

It is key to understand that the buyer and the seller have divergent interests in the structure of the transaction, most of which revolve around stock and assets. The seller wants to sell stock, and the buyer wants to buy assets. There are a few reasons for this.

Imagine the business in question is a construction or drug company, and is sold. If years after the sale a bridge the company engineered and built collapsed, or a severe side effect was discovered with a drug or medical device the business provided, who is held liable? The answer is the owner of the stock. One of the main negotiation points in selling a business is will it be a sale of stock or assets.

The new owner, if they purchase the stock of a company, becomes liable for any claims against that company for all its previous work. As such, it is in the seller’s best interest to sell the shares of the business to shield it from any future responsibility.

There is another reason why the seller is interested in selling stock. If the value of the company had seen significant growth in the value of its stock over time, a sale of stock would be subject to a capital gains tax rate. With the current tax structure, the capital gains tax rate is lower than the income tax rate. This could translate into substantially greater net value from the sale.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: Zurich Steps Closer to Entering Latin America Market

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Zurich Financial Services Group says it has signed a definitive agreement with Banco Santander SA to buy a majority interest in the bank’s Latin America insurance operations.

The Zurich, Switzerland-based insurer says the agreement is “materially unchanged from what was announced” on Feb. 22.

The carrier went on to say that it and Madrid, Spain-based Banco Santander expect the transaction to be completed before the end of this year.

Earlier this year, Zurich announced it signed a 25-year distribution agreement with Banco Santander where it would acquire 51 percent of the bank’s insurance business in Latin America and Santander would keep the remaining 49 percent.

Zurich will pay Santander $1.67 billion in a combination cash and financed deal for its book of business.

The insurer will have access to 5,600 bank branches and an additional 36 million customers in five South American countries.

Thirty percent of the business is general insurance, primarily homeowners insurance, and the bulk of the rest is in life products.

In 2010, Santander’s Latin American insurance operations delivered a net profit of $328 million.

Zurich says the deal would make the company the 6^th largest non-life insurer in the region, increasing its market share in the region to 3 percent. Once complete, Zurich becomes the 3^rd largest life insurer in the region and the 4^thlargest insurer overall in Latin America.

Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: 6 Questions to Ask Your Financial Adviser

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Making the decision to hire a financial adviser is often a tough one for many investors. Once you’ve made this decision, how do you go about finding the right adviser for you? Here are six questions to ask:

How are you compensated? While one could argue that no method of adviser compensation is totally without bias, fee-only advisers come the closest. Fee-only advisers receive no compensation from the sale of investment or insurance products. Can an adviser who receives a significant portion of their compensation from the sale of financial products really be counted on to recommend solutions that are in your best interest?

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Will my assets be housed with an independent third-party custodian? This applies if the adviser will be providing on-going investment advice. Examples of third-party custodians include Charles Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, and most other brokerage firms and mutual fund companies. A third-party custodian provides periodic (monthly or at least quarterly) statements independent of any reports provided by the adviser. Bernie Madoff’s failure to use an independent custodian enabled him to defraud investors for so many years. If an adviser tells you that you don’t need this type of arrangement, end the meeting and leave immediately. This is a deal-killer and should raise many red flags.

Dynamic Wealth Management Headlines: Acer Hacked; Hackers Assure a Press Conference in 24hrs

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Security seems to have become the bone of contention for the major players in the tech space, today. It is if there isn’t enough mockery made out of security in the recent PSN hack case, that yet another player in the market has had its security compromised. In yet another instance, popular technology brand, Acer is now finding itself grappling with a data breach that has reportedly cost it the details of over 40,000 customers. The details compromised includes their names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, as also the names of the products purchased by the customers.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

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