Financial adviser

About the author Rigoberto Puentes is a Certified Financial Planner from the Florida State University (FSU). He is a former member (2014) of the Body of Knowledge of the Financial Planning Standard Board (FPSB), the entity with the mission of establishing Financial Planning as a Global Profession. He founded and chaired Personal Financial Planning at the University of Nueva Esparta in Caracas. Rigoberto has developed his career as Investment Adviser (series 65). He has more than 25 years of…

Consequences for the Financial and Banking System The Great Recession of 2008 brought to light a number of weaknesses in the United States economy that allowed for the stock market crash, housing crisis, and necessitated the bail-out of several important banking companies. In response to the recession and fears of a potential repeat of events, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act into federal law in 2010. The act brought with it the most radical financial…

The world witnessed a tremendous global recession that cost tens of trillions of dollars caused by US Financial Institutions. It is considered by many economists to have been the worst economic recession since the great depression that occurred in the 1930’s. In 2008, the US housing market collapsed enormously, resulting in a global financial crisis which caused millions of taxpayers, and financial institutions to go bankrupt. Moreover, several business outsiders made large sums of profit from…

How to become a financial advisor? General description of the job A financial advisor assists clients with their financial matters such as finding insurance options, retirement planning, and investment strategies. Financial advisors have a thorough understanding of banking procedures and policies, stock market regulations, and insurance policies. To become a financial advisor, one should enjoy managing money and working directly with clients. A financial advisor is responsible for meeting with…

INSIDE JOB ANALYSIS Submitted by Yashvardhan Singh, 2014PGP432 Inside Job is a commentary on the corruption in the financial system existing in today’s world. Starting from Iceland to USA, the film examines the key financial and political factors behind the financial collapse of 2007-08. The film starts from the political movement behind deregulation of the 1980s, development of trading instruments like derivatives and bundling of loans and mortgages into what was called Collateralized debt…

the country's financial system. The state bank of Pakistan was establish on 1948 by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. As Karachi is the financial heart of Pakistan thus the headquarter of State bank of Pakistan is also located in Karachi. FUNCTIONS OF STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN The SBP not only regulates the the banking sector but it is also the lander of the last resort along with being the advice to the Government of Pakistan. There are a number of functions related of the financial sector of…

Financial planning is the process of implementing financial strategies and concepts in a coordinated and integrated manner, in order to uniquely address an individual’s financial needs, goals and concerns. Financial planning, in broad terms, encompasses cash flow and budgeting needs, protection planning concerns relating to life insurance, disability coverage and health care, investment planning and asset management, tax planning, retirement planning and estate planning. The process of financial…

3. Expansion and Creation of Financial Institutions: The State bank as the banker of the banks expand the banking sector and improve its currency and credit system over the time. Pakistan is a big country with huge population to meet the needs to such a large population. The State Bank pave the way for more financial institutions to provide financial products to every Pakistan. State Bank not only strengthens the financial institution in urban areas but also try to provide credit facilities in…

legislature was a response to the financial crisis of 2008. The Dodd-Frank Act at the time of passing consisted of 2,307 pages, 16 titles and 540 sections of law. This piece of legislation was named after Senator Christopher J. Dodd and Representative Barney Frank who had endorsed this act. This legislature created two separate entities which are the FSOC and the CFPB. The FSOC’s, or the Financial Stability Oversight Council, main purpose was to monitor the financial stability of major…

and health sectors are often compared to one another. Both provide important services and are highly regulated. Physicians and financial advisers also play similar roles in guiding clients through numerous products and decisions, so that debt and disease may be avoided. Where the two sectors differ is with their use of technology. IT systems have revolutionized financial services, and as a result, the banking industry has saved billions of dollars while offering consumers numerous conveniences.…