http://www.advisorone.com/?f=rss AdvisorOne.com features all the investment news, in-depth analysis, market data, and tools financial advisors need to transform their business and their bottom line. en http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/22/william-galvin-the-2013-ia-25-extended-profile?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/22/william-galvin-the-2013-ia-25-extended-profile Since taking on an additional 139 advisors with $6.6 billion in assets under the Dodd-Frank “switch,” Massachusetts has “been able to do what the Securities and Exchange Commission hasn’t.” Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/exploiting-attractive-resources?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/exploiting-attractive-resources Natural gas continues to attract favorable attention as a key energy source for the United States. To better understand what trends are affecting the market for natural gas and stock in the sector, we turned to four industry experts. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:19:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/delivering-the-promises-of-natural-gas?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/delivering-the-promises-of-natural-gas I am going to tell you about the role natural gas currently plays in the United States and the role it can, and should, play in America’s future. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/dont-get-left-behind-tech-innovation-to-drive-weal?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/dont-get-left-behind-tech-innovation-to-drive-weal RIAs are making the mistake of inventing non-tech-related strategies for boomer investors at the expense of developing innovations for Gen X and Gen Y clients, says Fidelity. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/finras-ketchum-to-sec-act-now-on-fiduciary-or-well?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/finras-ketchum-to-sec-act-now-on-fiduciary-or-well FINRA CEO Richard Ketchum called on the SEC Tuesday to “act quickly” to put brokers and advisors under a uniform fiduciary standard, but noted that in the absence of SEC action, FINRA “will look hard” at issuing “an additional disclosure rule” for BDs. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:03:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/inexperienced-plan-sponsors-need-a-little-love-fro?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/inexperienced-plan-sponsors-need-a-little-love-fro Fund firms managing employee retirement accounts make it needlessly difficult for plan sponsors to fulfill their fiduciary obligations, a new Dalbar study has found. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:29:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/top-30-colleges-for-highest-starting-salaries?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/top-30-colleges-for-highest-starting-salaries Out of 1,058 colleges surveyed, graduates of these schools grabbed the biggest starting salaries from their first jobs. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:04:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/plan-sponsors-focus-on-fee-disclosure-rules?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/plan-sponsors-focus-on-fee-disclosure-rules Retirement plan sponsors face a slew of challenges as they try to stay competitive while dealing with the requirements of new fee disclosure rules, according Mesirow Financial’s 2013 Retirement Plan Survey. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:20:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/finra-fines-lpl-9m-for-failing-to-monitor-emails?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/finra-fines-lpl-9m-for-failing-to-monitor-emails FINRA announced Tuesday that it fined LPL for 35 separate, “significant email system failures,” and for making material misstatements to FINRA during its investigation. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:00 -0400 http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/the-cfp-boards-ce-proposal-real-strategies-to-impr?ref=rss http://www.advisorone.com/2013/05/21/the-cfp-boards-ce-proposal-real-strategies-to-impr In the second of a three-post series on the CFP Board’s proposal to offer continuing education itself, some modest proposals to really improve CE, along with a warning on how the Board’s proposal is rife with conflicts of interest. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:27:00 -0400