Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne

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Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne

Joyce Hanson has been an associate editor at AdvisorOne.com since the spring of 2010, and has covered business, finance and economics since 1992. She can be reached at jhanson@sbmedia.com.

Formerly a contributing writer with Crain’s New York Business, Hanson also has served in editorial positions with Dow Jones Newswires, The Bond Buyer, and the Central Penn Business Journal.

In addition, her experience includes several years as fixed-income research editor for JPMorgan Chase’s investment bank. She has won business reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Keystone State Chapter as well as the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Hanson has a Master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

• Low interest rates drive insurers out of the bond market

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 25, 2013

  ETFs, emerging markets and infrastructure projects likely to benefit as insurers exit the fixed-income market.

• Money floods into stocks via ETFs on product's 20th anniversary

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  As more money than ever pours into exchange-traded funds, investors are using increasingly popular and well-established ETFs to buy stocks through passive funds that track equities.

• Stalling a looming boomer retirement disaster

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  Demographics mean that the not-too-old, but not-young-enough boomer generation has dramatically undersaved for its needs. Advisors can help them catch up.

• Advisors targeting ‘orphan’ 401(k)s can reap big rollover rewards

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 15, 2013

  In rollover game, effective client-education programs can help institutions and advisors gain orphaned 401(k) assets.

• NAPFA to advisors: CFP designation, or else

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  December 5, 2012

  The nationwide organization for fee-only financial advisors says it will only accept the CFP designation, hoping to provide more clarity to consumers.

• Most investors don't understand ETF taxes

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 28, 2012

  A majority of investors surveyed recently by BlackRock misunderstood the potential tax implications of exchange traded funds, with 55 percent of respondents saying they were not aware that an ETF could pay capital gains even if the security was not sold at a gain that year.

• Merrill Lynch warns advisors of post-election recession threat

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 13, 2012

  Retirement advisors may want to suggest clients move more money into their 401(k)s or IRAs to reduce their tax bill, in light of the impending fiscal cliff.

• Greenspan to Wall Street: Drop dead

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 24, 2012

  Greenspan says the U.S. government made a big mistake with its “too big to fail” policy after the 2008 financial crisis, saying he favored letting drowning banks sink into Chapter 11.

• Morningstar announces award program for best ETFs, providers

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2012

  New program was created to help advisors pick the best ETFs for their portfolios, Vanguard's VTI getting special honors.

• Custodians offer more trust services to BDs and RIAs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 24, 2012

  In separate announcements this week, National Advisors Trust and Pershing announced that they were enhancing their trust platforms to help advisors better retain and manage client assets.