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2009/1/13-22 [Finance/Investment] UID:52374 Activity:nil
1/13    http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/13/missing.pilot.profile/index.html
        Financial managers are so awesome. People like this makes me want
        to pull my money out of 401K. You just don't know what kind of
        people are managing your asset.
        \_ No.  This is not a reason to pull your money out of your 401k.
           This is the reason why you don't give your financial advisor/wealth
           manager trading authority in your accounts.  The fund managers
           who run the funds in your 401k are much more stringently regulated
           than the Bernie Madoffs of the world.  The brokerage that holds
           your account is reasonably regulated as well.  This guy is someone
           people hired as an additional layer on top of that, and gave
           authority to move assets around as needed.  The lesson is that if
           you hire someone for their investment advice, place the trades
           yourself (and never give them the authority to do it for you).
           \_ Or just use low-cost stock/bond index funds for 90% of your
              401k and "play" with the other 10%.
           \_ what about Mervyn's employees with 401(k)'s?  It's also the same
              company that manages a whole lot of other retail employees plans.
              As I understand it, rollovers have been delayed for a couple
              months already because of "illiquid assets" in funds with "Stable
              Value" in the same, and significant "administrative fees" have
              been nailing them since.
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MAP Decrease font Decrease font Enlarge font Enlarge font (CNN) -- Indiana financial manager and pilot Marcus Schrenker is a smooth talker who promised investors steady returns on their money, said two former commercial pilots named in an Indiana Department of Insurance complaint. Marcus Schrenker's companies were under investigation by the Indiana Securities Division. Marcus Schrenker's companies were under investigation by the Indiana Securities Division. Police believe Schrenker attempted to fake his death by bailing out of his plane over Alabama. He was found late Tuesday in Quincy, Florida, with marks on his body consistent with a suicide attempt, said Lt. Jim Porter, a spokesman for the Gadsden County sheriff's office said. Those who knew Schrenker shared stories of a charming man with lofty promises. Joe Mazzone and Charles Kinney said they trusted Schrenker because he came highly recommended by other pilots. "It was all word of mouth, and when you're a pilot, you trust. That's what you do and what you're used to doing," said Mazzone, 57, of Auburn, Alabama. "His modus operandi is, he flies into your city dressed up in a thousand-dollar suit and sits down with you, buys you lunch, and the next thing you know, he has you on his side, and you move your money to his Heritage Wealth Management." A judge in Indiana froze Schrenker's assets at the request of investigators looking into his business dealings. The order also applies to Schrenker's wife, who was seeking a divorce, and his three companies: Heritage Wealth Management, Heritage Insurance Services and Icon Wealth management. Those companies are "the subjects of an active investigation by the Indiana Securities Division," said Jim Gavin, spokesman for the Indiana secretary of state. "You'd think nothing would surprise you any more," Jim Atterholt of the Indiana Department of Insurance said Tuesday. 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"We've had folks calling since they've seen the media coverage of this story, we've had new folks calling, and we don't know the scope of the damage that he has done or alleged to have done." Schrenker was licensed, he said, and allegedly was defrauding investors through annuities. "When you have an annuity and you sell it, there are a lot of penalties that the insured incurs, and the first time you buy an annuity, the agent makes a very nice commission," Atterholt said. "And so every time he sells a new annuity, he gets a nice commission. So it's a double hit for the consumer and a nice bump for the agent." Kinney, 49, of Norcross, Georgia, said he befriended Schrenker in 1996. "This guy was the most charming guy you'll ever meet," said Kinney, who allowed Schrenker to manage his money starting about 2003. Kinney then encouraged his parents to invest about $2 million with Schrenker. 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