Stories: Advisor Stories

Good business owners are known for their ability to capitalize on opportunity. This is especially true when deciding to sell their business. More and more business owners are using what is likely their largest influx of income as the charitable opportunity of...

"Are you happy doing your charitable giving over a 1-800 number?" A rather unconventional question from a financial manager, it was one of the first Dale Koblenzer of Merrill Lynch asked of his client, a local executive. The man had a donor-advised fund at a...