News and Media

  Recent Media Coverage and Presentations

• The Greatest Unknown Drain on Productivity … and how to fix it, The American College of Financial Services, Employee Financial Wellness Certificate Program for Prudential, Prudential Tower, Newark, NJ; held on September 24, 2018
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/As Student Loan Debt Rises Parents of College Bound Kids Stash Money
• The Greatest Unknown Drain on Productivity … and how to fix it, The American College of Financial Services, Employee Financial Wellness Certificate Program for Prudential, San Francisco, CA; held on June 21, 2018
• BPU Earns CEFEX Certification
• WTAE TV/Channel 4/An Expert’s Perspective:  Bad Day for the Dow, but not catastrophic 
• The Greatest Unknown Drain on Employee Productivity and How to Fix It, Vistage ChairWorld 2018, January 28 and 29, 2018
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Clinging tightly to a powerful bull market
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Going for broke: Pro athletes spend like they’ll play forever
• The Financial Planning Association, Pittsburgh Chapter’s Annual Financial Four “um”, DOL Update, presented by Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Chair and CEO, BPU, 1 CFP, 1 PA Insurance, I CLE and I CPE Credit, November 2, 2017
• Taking Control of Your Financial Destiny; Westmoreland Bar Association, Greensburg, PA, 1 substantive Continuing Legal Education Credit for Attorneys; held on October 25, 2017
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Still living at home struggling with debt and limited options
• Financial Advisor IQ/NCAA Scandal Could Force Regulators to Clamp Down
• Passport to Retirement; Philadelphia Bar Association’s Bench-Bar and Annual Conference; Atlantic City, NJ; 1.5 Substantive Continuing Legal Education Credits for Attorneys (JD/Esq.); October 13, 2017
• Pittsburgh Human Resources Association (PHRA) Annual Conference and Exhibition;Why Financial Literacy Matters; presented by Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Chair & CEO, BPU, Approved for 1 hour business Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) & Society for Human Resource Management Credit, October 11, 2017
• Utilities Credit Union, Reading, PA; Passport to Retirement, presented by Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Chair & CEO, BPU, October 9, 2017
• Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP) Summit 2017, Nonprofit, Private & Public Sectors; Becoming Conversant in Investment Planning: It’s Like Learning a New Language, presented by Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Chair & CEO, BPU, October 5, 2017
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/As one generation moves on, financial advisors try to get to know the next one
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Make sure your retirement savings last as long as you do 
• June 20, 2017 Paul Brahim’sTestimony before PA House Committee on State Government and Regulations
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Delayed fiduciary rule will start on June 9
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Bond investors coping with rising interest rate environment
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Trump expected to sign memorandum to stop ‘fiduciary rule’
• Pittsburgh Business Times/Sizzling Sectors:  16 local financial pros pick the hottest sectors under Trump
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Miliary families going with safer investments
• WTAE TV, Channel 4/Talking Brexit with Our Financial Expert Paul Brahim
• CEO and Chair Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Guest Panalist, ” I Want to Be an Ambassador! Camp” for Teens” sponsored by Luminari, Heinz History Center, June 17, 2016
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA; Yikes! I’m on the Retirement Plan Committee!  Now What? , presented by Paul Brahim, Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Chair and CEO, BPU; 1 Hours Substantive and 1 Hour Ethics Continuing Legal Education Credit for Attorneys (JD/Esq.); held on June 15, 2017.
• Vistage Executive Summit, Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA, The Greatest, Unnoticed Drain on Employee Productivity…and How to Fix It, presented by Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Chair and CEO, BPU, June 8, 2016
• JP Morgan Wealth Management Symposium, University of Chicago, Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®,
  Chair & CEO, BPU, served as a member of the Advisor Panel, May 26, 2016
• The Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, Fiduciary Excellence under the DOL’s Uniform Fiduciary Standard, Paul Brahim, CFP®, AIFA®, Chair & CEO, BPU, May 19, 2016; 1 hour CFP^® CE credit; 1 hour CPE credit; 1 hour CLE credit.
• Pittsburgh Business Times/New fed rule holds financial advisors to new standard
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/New Federal Rule Holds Financial Advisors to New Standard
• WTAE TV, Channel 4/Talking US Steel with Financial Expert Paul Brahim, Part 1
• WTAE TV, Channel 4/Talking US Steel with Financial Expert Paul Brahim, Part 2
• WTAE TV, Channel 4/Local financial advisor breaks down impact of stock market volatility 
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Fragmented trading, multiple exchanges key to minimal disruption of marketplace
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Money managers say small firms can yield big returns
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette/Staying on top of ETFs
• Pittsburgh Business Times/Closer Look: Which Pittsburgh industries are affected by China’s economy?Pittsburgh Business Times/ China Triggers overdue correction on stock market
• Pittsburgh Business Times/Dow Cuts Loses but still down 358 points
• WESA FM, 90.5/ Coping and Investing in a Volatile Market
• Pittsburgh Business Times/Pittsburgh companies in commodities, energy face longer-term stock market struggle
• Pittsburgh Business Times/Insights: In light of the sweeping changes to money-market fund regulations, what, if anything, are you advising your clients to do?Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Business Times/Heinz buyouts aim to cut cost, not headcount in Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Business Times/BPU bucks conventions, takes team approach
• WESA 90.5 FM: The Economic Cost of Financial Illiteracy /Managing Money As A Couple/What to Know About Financial Planning, Post-Great Recession