The Tools & Techniques of Investment Planning, 5th Edition

Stephan R. Leimberg is CEO of LISI, Leimberg Information Services, Inc., at leimbergservices.com, a provider of e-mail/internet news and commentary for professionals on recent cases, rulings, and legislation; CEO of Leimberg and LeClair, Inc., an estate and financial planning software company; and President of Leimberg Associates, Inc., a publishing and software company in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania at leimberg.com.

Leimberg is the author of numerous books on estate, financial, and employee benefit and retirement planning and a nationally known speaker. Leimberg is the creator and/or principal author of the entire nine book Tools & Techniques series including The Tools & Techniques of Estate Planning, The Tools & Techniques of Financial Planning, The Tools & Techniques of Employee Benefit and Retirement Planning, The Tools & Techniques of Life Insurance Planning, The Tools & Techniques of Charitable Planning, The Tools & Techniques of Income Tax Planning, The Tools & Techniques of Investment Planning, The Tools & Techniques of Risk Management, and The Tools & Techniques of Practice Management. Leimberg is co-author, with noted attorney Howard Zaritsky, of Tax Planning with Life Insurance, The Book of Trusts with attorneys Charles K. Plotnick and Daniel Evans, and How to Settle an Estate with Charles K. Plotnick, and The Buy-Sell Handbook.

Leimberg is creator or co-creator of many software packages for the financial services professional including NumberCruncher (estate planning), IRS Factors Calculator (actuarial computations), Financial Analyzer II, Estate Planning Quickview (Estate Planning Flow Charts), Toward a Zero Estate Tax (PowerPoint Estate Planning Client Seminar), Gifts That Give, Gifts That Give Back (Powerpoint Client Charitable Planning Seminar), and Long-Term Care (Powerpoint Client Seminar).

A nationally known speaker, Leimberg has addressed the Miami (Heckerling) Estate Planning Institute, the NYU Tax Institute, the Notre Dame Law School and Duke University Law School’s Estate Planning Conference, The American Bar Association Planning Techniques for Large Estate and Sophisticated Planning Techniques courses of study, the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, and the AICPA’s National Estate Planning Forum. Leimberg has also spoken to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Leimberg, a 2004 recipient of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner award, was named 1998 Edward N. Polisher Lecturer of the Dickinson School of Law, and was awarded the Excellence in Writing Award of the American Bar Association’s Probate and Property Section. He has been honored as Estate Planner of the Year by the Montgomery County Estate Planning Council and as Distinguished Estate Planner by the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council. He is also recipient of the President’s Cup of the Philadelphia Life Underwriters, a three time Boris Todorovitch Lecturer, and the first Ben Feldman Lecturer.

Michael P. Daly, CSOP, CFIRS, CCTP is the San Francisco based Director of Risk Management and Operations for Pohl Consulting and Training, Inc. He is a high-energy professional with over 30 years of experience in the securities industry. He has an MBA in international business from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Mike’s work in senior management roles in fiduciary risk management, administration and operations has given him a broad industry perspective.

Today, Mike is focused on “paying it all forward”. Mike works with Cannon Financial Institute, the Leimberg Library and other professional organizations to mentor the next generation of securities industry professionals. For over a decade, Mike served as Chair of the ICB/ABA Certification of Securities Operations Professionals. He served on the Board of Directors of the Fiduciary Investment Risk Management Association (FIRMA) for 8 years, and has been a frequent contributor to the ABA’s Trust and Investment Magazine and the Journal of Financial Compliance.

Mike’s path to the securities industry was not traditional. Mike began his career in the motion picture and television industry working at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. As the entertainment industry pivoted to the securities market to raise capital for entertainment products. Mike pivoted too. He took a hiatus from the factory work of a motion picture studio and transitioned to the glamour and glitz of banking and finance.

Beginning with the development and implementation of a securities lending business at a multinational regional bank on the west coast, Mike was soon taking on new projects and exploring the continuing evolution of finance through securities and securitization. Before long Mike expanded his knowledge and experience in various areas of fiduciary services, from retirement plan services to corporate trust. Along the way he has seen and has survived major market expansions, significant market collapse, regulatory change and market recovery. He’s witnessed firsthand how markets impact not only investing, but the very nature of investments. Having watched an industry transform through technology and travesty, Mike recognizes and leverages the lessons of history in both his philosophy and his professional practice.

Mike is always curious, and his passions are diverse, from traveling the world to explore new cultures, traditions, and recipes, to finding dusty bookshelves in pursuit of new knowledge. His most rewarding pursuit has been sharing this knowledge and personal experience about this amazing and rewarding industry.

Todd J. Mulligan, CFA, CFP®, CAIA is a Certified Financial Planner^TM Practitioner based in the greater Boston area. Day to day, Todd focuses on creating and implementing comprehensive financial plans and investment strategies for high net-worth individuals and families both in New England and throughout the United States.

Over the years, Todd has earned numerous awards and accolades for financial planning, investment management, and client service from various financial publications. He holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM and Chartered Financial Analyst designations, as well as the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation. These advanced certifications have given him knowledge about and insight into a wide variety of financial planning and investment topics.

Since 2016, Todd has been creating and teaching Investment Planning courses for Boston University and its financial planning program. His coursework, which is focused on investment and risk management, as well as portfolio construction strategies, covers the topics required to sit for the CFP® Exam. In addition to teaching, in the past Todd has served as a Content Editor and author for Wiley and Sons publishing company on various financial planning topics, largely focused on portfolio construction and investment management.

Todd has also served in several volunteer roles for the CFA institute and CFA Society of Boston, including roles on the Private Wealth Committee and the Mentor Committee. More recently, Todd was asked to serve as a volunteer content expert for the Global Private Wealth Management panel for the CFA Institute. In this capacity, he helped to shape the future of Wealth Planning topics that will be covered on future CFA exams.

Todd lives in the Boston suburbs with his wife Jess and children Zach and Emilia. Outside of working and writing, Todd enjoys rooting for New England sports teams, running, reading, and spending outdoor time with his family. Todd graduated from Colgate University in 2006, where he also played Division 1 college football.