Andrew Takes NY Day 4
On Day 4 of Andrew's NY trip, he spent time with William "Bill" McBride, Kristin Shea, Andy Gitipityapon, and Andrew Martz. (more…)
On Day 4 of Andrew's NY trip, he spent time with William "Bill" McBride, Kristin Shea, Andy Gitipityapon, and Andrew Martz. (more…)
Ron Amir has over 12 years of experience in the Securities Industry as a Financial Advisor. (more…)
Securities and Exchange Commission Fee Rates The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that starting on April 16, 2019, the fee rates applicable to most securities transactions will be set at $20.70 per million dollars. (more…)
On Wednesday, March 27th Andrew Kuo spent the day with Lorraine Dipaolo and Gina Boyle from Benchmark Advisors. They had a great lunch at Ciprianis on Wall St. Here he is pictured with Gina Boyle.
Andrew Kuo has been a busy man! While in New York he also visited with Financial Advisors and team members of Brill Securities. (more…)
This morning, Andrew visited with Taurus Asset Management. Here are pictures of them enjoying lunch. (more…)
This week, the highway sign on the 210 has been update to the new WIS logo. Have any of you seen it yet? Next week there will be another one on the 101. Keep your eyes on the road at all...
As a reminder, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a new version of the W-9 form, with a revision date of October 2018. The form instructions have been updated to indicate that the backup withholding rate has been changed from...
Congratulations! However, this is what you would have seen had you been click-friendly... (more…)
Davis host Jon Franke and PM Peter Sackmann (with over 20 years at Davis) shared information about their Global Funds, a portfolio of attractive (more…)
On Thursday, April 4th at 11:30, Royce Nies of Stonebridge Capital Advisors invites you to attend a Lunch and Learn at WIS in Pasadena. He will be sharing his wealth of knowledge on strategies for client retention. Royce is a...
A Message from Doron Kochavi: You’re not alone (more…)
Davis Advisors' Regional Director, Joe Emhof, will be traveling with Portfolio Manager, Peter Sackmann, in Pasadena next week. They are inviting Western International Securities advisors from the branch out to lunch. The focus of the lunch will be to: Share Their...
On Thursday, Pasadena Advisors walked away from the Lunch and Learn event with full bellies and their brains full of knowledge about Riskalyze! Here’s more of their feedback: (more…)
Jurrien Timmer, Director of Global Macro, Fidelity Global Asset Allocation Division talks how Context is Everything and there is a reason “Don’t fight the Fed” is a market mantra in his March 2019 commentary (more…)
We have finalized our Errors and Omissions insurance policy for the upcoming 2019-2020 coverage year. Although our policy term runs from March through February of the following year, 100% of the premium is due in March and is non-refundable. (more…)
Rinaldo Ritonga, Director of Technology and Cybersecurity, spoke at Tom Swan’s Client Appreciation Night educating clients on what they can do to protect their personal identifiable information. In Tom’s words, (more…)
Please Join us for an informative Lunch and Learn with Riskalyze Lunch will be provided in the Pasadena office Thursday, March 21st 2019 11:30 am - 1pm (more…)
The Pasadena home office celebrated St. Patrick’s day early this year with the annual potluck and of course and festivities! Turns out, everyone here is Irish! Who would’ve known?! Here are 10 other things you may or may not know about...
National Financial Clients with Bill Pay will see a charge on their March statement for $14.85. Bill Pay had an issue with billing in January and February and the monthly fee of $4.95 was not collected. (more…)
Great dinner at The Modern Restaurant inside the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) with one of our branch managers Nick Brown from Brill Management and our strategic partners Jameel Jiwani from American Funds.
To reduce potential fraud activity, WIS is instituting additional documentation requirements for first-time EFTs and wires. This procedure applies when a client sends instructions for fund transfers to a new bank account and/or financial institution (both domestic and international). (more…)
On Friday, March 15, 2019, Fidelity Investments will introduce two enhancements to the Corporate Action Manager on Weathscape. (more…)
Many of you have spoken to or worked directly with Nicole Ragusa so you know how much we will miss her and her lovely smile, her capable fact finding (more…)
To help with data accuracy for corporate action events, enhancements to mandatory reorganization information in NetX360® are scheduled for March 25 (more…)
BNY Mellon’s Pershing will mail the 2018 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1042-S, Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding, to your nonresident clients by March 15, 2019. Copies of the Form 1042-S will also be available for review...
This week WIS reps sat down with Regional Investment Consultant, Griffin Luke, to discuss the topic of Model Allocation Portfolios available on both Envestnet and Lockwood platforms. The lunch took place at Malbec Argentinean Cuisine in Pasadena.
Ever wonder how this blog posting stuff works? Here’s a secret behind the scenes clue: Don, representative Linda Wenker and one of our “honorary reps”, Gypsy, (more…)
On March 18, 2019, Pershing will implement changes to state tax withholding from individual retirement account (IRA) and qualified retirement plan (QRP) (more…)
The WIS representatives and strategic partners had a successful first day at the 2019 Lake Tahoe Symposium. Some started the conference skiing or (more…)
Jacqueline is a wealth manager who helps clients with comprehensive financial planning. Having begun her career in tax preparing and planning she has built upon (more…)
Last night in Tahoe, a few of our reps and OSJ's grabbed dinner with S2K.
Today the WIS Reps and Strategic Partners attending the Tahoe Symposium had some fun out in the snow at Northstar.
Today the WIS Reps and Strategic Partners attending the Tahoe Symposium (more…)
Last night in Tahoe, a few of our reps and OSJ's grabbed dinner with S2K. (more…)
Kristin Shea, from Highland Capital Brokerage, has a message for the Tahoe Attendees... Watch the video. (more…)
Here's our 3 most common tech support problems and how to solve them... (more…)
Are you up-to-date on the latest releases? With new features, integrations, and planning tools releasing every month — eMoney today is very different than a year ago. (more…)
Anniversaries are important to us at WIS because it gives us an opportunity to remember why we are all here: To deliver a great advisor experience and provide the best people and tools to encourage living life on your own...