QED Investors today rolled out a mental health initiative aimed at tackling addiction and eliminating the stigma of talking about substance abuse. The program is being offered in partnership with Operation Lighthouse, a non-profit organization established by the family of Greg Mazanec, a QED Investors partner who was sadly lost after suffering from substance use disorder in 2019. The Just Five program delivers – in just five minutes per lesson – the most important concepts and facts regarding ad
Phone and internet scams top the list of most common types of financial abuse or fraud targeting elderly.
CPAs are seeing their clients victimized by many common scams at lower levels than they were in 2015.
In the past year nearly half of CPA financial planners had a client show signs of dementia for the first time.
Ensuring that power of attorney and health care proxies are in place top the list of most common plan components to address potential diminished capacity.
Peatlands around the world have long been recognized as the source of valuable resources supporting commercial needs ranging from energy generation to agricultural applications. Simultaneously, peatlands perform vital eco-services, supporting a wide range of biodiversity, sequestering a large percentage of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, and serving as a natural source of fresh drinking water. It is not surprising, therefore, that the use of peatland resources has come under scrutiny. What is cle