Professional Issues

The portfolios of financial advisers’ clients suffered heavy losses in 2001 and early 2002 as the S&P 500 stock index fell sharply. But by bringing in new business and thus increasing their total client holdings by 16.7%, the advisers limited to 5.3% the decline in assets under their management, says a study produced by Moss Adams LLP ( www.mossadams.com/industry/investment.htm ). The report describes the strategies the investment advisers used to achieve these results.