NEW YORK, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Business Media today announced that it has assembled a "dream team" of wealth management, financial planning and advanced sales professional reference experts to expand the content and scope of Advanced Markets AdvisorFX, the primary online source of practice-building and client-management tools for financial advisors and insurance professionals.
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Rick Kravitz, Vice President & Managing Director of Summit Business Media's Reference Division, noted that Advanced Markets AdvisorFX's editorial advisory panel is comprised of experts from the international wealth management team at Thomas Jefferson Law School in San Diego led by Prof. William H. Byrnes, Associate Dean. He added, "Prof. Byrnes and his team bring enormous technical expertise as well as broad insights into the larger trends driving client decisions on tax, investment and wealth management strategies."
Prof. Byrnes is a former Coopers & Lybrand expert in international law who has consulted for foreign governments as well as Fortune 1000 insurance and institutional investment companies. Other members of his team include:
-- Robert Bloink, former Senior Attorney in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel
and an expert in sophisticated wealth transfer techniques;
-- George Mentz, a licensed attorney, MBA, and financial planner who was
formerly a Senior Financial Planner and Wealth Manager for an
international Wall Street firm;
-- Don Goode, an insurance professional and former partner of Potomac West,
where he lent active support to the first agent in the history of the
insurance industry ever to receive more than $100 million in a single
calendar year;
-- Mike Rodman, three-time winner of "Top of the Table," the Million Dollar
Round Table's highest honor, and founder of Advanced Planning Services,
a premier advanced sales and advanced underwriting organization; and
-- Robert Stuchiner, former Senior Vice President in charge of marketing
and strategy for the AIG Affluent Markets Group.
Advanced Markets AdvisorFX's unique content is designed to give users resources to attract new clients, grow their business and serve more markets. The content menu includes:
-- The Advanced Underwriter Service (formerly from Dearborn Financial);
-- The Advanced Sales and Reference Service (National Underwriter);
-- Concepts and Client Illustrations from Don Cady's classic estate
planning, employee benefits and business planning Field Guides;
-- Tax Facts on Insurance and Employee Benefits as well as Tax Facts on
Investments, the largest circulation works of their kind in the
insurance industry;
-- Advisor FYI - daily headlines from media coverage of financial and
estate planning issues;
-- Advisor's Journal - lengthy analysis and roadmap guidance on critical
taxation and estate planning issues; and
-- White papers on major legislation such as the Tax Relief Act of 2010,
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the
Pension Act of 2010 and others.
About Summit Business Media
Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media and information company serving the insurance, investment advisory, professional services and mining investment markets through a variety of channels, including print, online and live events. Summit provides breaking news and analysis, in-depth practice management strategies, business-building techniques and actionable data to the markets it serves. Through its Media and Reference Divisions, Summit publishes 16 magazines, 20 websites and 150 reference titles. Summit's Event Division hosts a dozen conferences across the spectrum of markets the company services. Summit's Data Division is the leading data provider of financial, marketing and benefits information on corporations, insurance companies and life, benefits and property-casualty agents.
Summit employs nearly 400 employees in ten offices across the United States. For more information, please visit summitbusinessmedia.com.
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