June 2012 Monthly Meeting: Equity Compensation (20 Jun 2012)

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:30:00 GMT

FPA Monthly Meeting

Restricted Stock & Trends In Equity Compensation: What Advisors Need to Know about The Fastest Growing Forms of Stock Compensation To Build Their Practices & Serve Their Clients

Bruce Brumberg

June 20, 2012
11:30 am Lunch
12:00 pm Meeting

MAC Club

With dramatic changes in equity compensation, Bruce Brumberg (co-founder and editor-in-chief of www.myStockOptions.com and www.myNQDC.com ) will discuss the growing shift away from companies granting only stock options to granting other types of equity including restricted stock, restricted stock units (RSUs), and performance shares.

He will highlight what you need to know to help your clients maximize the value of these grants and avoid mistakes. Bruce will also discuss methods for attracting high net-worth clients with equity compensation.

Through an interactive presentation highlighting issues of importance to financial planning and tax professionals, Bruce will engage you in a discussion of:

Trends in stock granting practices, reasons for these changes, and predictions for what may evolve of importance to financial advisors.
Fundamentals of restricted stock/RSUs and performance shares: design, key features, taxes, and advisor/client education.
Financial planning and tax considerations related to restricted stock/RSUs and stock options
Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and insider trading issues related to executives and substantial shareholders selling their company stock
Methods for developing an expertise in stock compensation, marketing this knowledge, and researching executives’ company stock holdings.

Bruce Brumberg has devoted most of his professional career to making complex legal and tax concepts understandable to people who do not enjoy reading the securities laws or the Internal Revenue Code. He is editor-in-chief and co-founder of www.myStockOptions.com (based in Brookline, MA), the premier provider of web-based educational content, tools, and custom web sites on stock options, restricted stock, ESPPs, SARs, and performance shares.

July 2012 Monthly Meeting: New Planner Recruiting (18 Jul 2012)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:30:00 GMT

FPA Monthly Meeting

New Planner Recruiting: Their Success is Your Success

Caleb Brown

July 18, 2012
11:30 am Lunch
12:00 pm Meeting

MAC Club

Understanding Gen ‘Why’

Undoubtedly you have, at some point, been exposed to someone from Generation Y (born 1978-2000). It could be in the form of a colleague, an employee, restaurant server or even one of your kids. ☺ Gen Y, sometimes referred to as Millienals, Gen Text, and Gen Why have a unique set of characteristics.

These characteristics often leave others from other generations, mainly baby boomers, scratching their heads. Since most financial planning firms tend to be owned by baby boomers, and most new financial planners tend to be Gen Y’rs some intergenerational coaching may be helpful.

Caleb Brown will discuss and clarify some of Gen Y's tendencies. His insight and advice will help you understand these characteristics in a way that will result in success for them and you!

Topics will include:

Asking ‘why’ they have to perform a certain task
Insistence on leaving at 5 o’clock or flex scheduling
Preference for electronic vs face to face communication
Not willing to take constructive criticism

Caleb is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant, Kolbe Certified^TM Consultant, and original creator of the FPA Career Day program, which began with the Dallas/ Ft. Worth chapter and subsequently, has been implemented by other FPA chapters across the nation. Throughout Brown's career, he has mentored, hired, managed, and coached many career changers and college students seeking internships and full time positions in financial planning as well as the firm owners who hire them. Brown is a frequent speaker on career development topics pertaining to the hiring and successful integration of new planners into financial planning firms. He has been featured in Investment News, NAPFA Advisor, Financial Planning, Financial Advisor, Virtual Office News, FPA Solutions, and the Journal of Financial Planning regarding his efforts to create a career path for up and coming planners.

Caleb is a member of the FPA New Professionals Advisory Council and the President of NexGen, an FPA community for new financial planners. He was named by his peers as one of the Best Financial Planners in Dallas as well as received the DFW/FPA Chairman’s Award in 2008. He is a graduate of the Texas Tech Personal Financial Planning Program and spent over five years in an RIA firm in North Texas helping a sole practitioner transition the firm to an ensemble model. Caleb is also a founding member of Virtual Solutions for Advisors, a resource of industry providers that helps financial advisors grow their businesses through outsourcing.

The Financial Planning Association of Oregon and SW Washington Events

June 2012 Monthly Meeting: Equity Compensation (20 Jun 2012)

July 2012 Monthly Meeting: New Planner Recruiting (18 Jul 2012)