Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

About the Author

Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

Melanie is the Washington Bureau Chief and Editor of the Practice Channel on AdvisorOne.com. 

Early in her career, Melanie covered financial issues at American Banker in Washington. For more than 15 years, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, entering the advisor universe in a senior level editorial position at American Banker/Thomson Media in both Washington and New York. After seven years at Thomson, now Reuters, Melanie joined the Investment Advisor team. 

Melanie has been a columnist for Investment Advisor for nine years, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University.

Reach Melanie at mwaddell@investmentadvisor.com.

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  House Passes SEC Cost-Benefit Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Planning groups are at odds over a bill that passed the House on Friday requiring the SEC to conduct more rigorous cost-benefit analyses before making rules.

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  Schwab Backs Off on Class-Action Ban—for Now

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Charles Schwab on Thursday said it would lift a ban on client class-action suits until all legal and regulatory challenges were resolved.

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  House Bill to Require SEC, DOL Fiduciary Collaboration

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  But SEC’s Mary Jo White maintains SEC and DOL are "two different agencies"; says more exam "coverage" is needed for advisors.

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  Dale Brown: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  When reminded that this is the seventh year that he’s been named to the IA 25, Dale Brown was quick to give kudos to his entire team, noting that the Financial Services Institute’s success doesn’t hinge on his abilities alone.

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  CFP Board Appoints Panel to Boost Number of Female Advisors

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2013

  The CFP Board announced Wednesday an initiative to boost the number of women advisors in the field, including CFPs, as the number of female CFPs hasn’t budged for a decade.

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  Phyllis Borzi: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2013

  Despite taking a drubbing over her insistence on issuing a rule to amend the definition of fiduciary under ERISA, Phyllis Borzi remains steadfast in her conviction to do so.

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  Richard Ketchum: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  FINRA CEO Ketchum says that the regulator continues to believe current levels of advisor oversight and exams are "unacceptable and a risk to investors."

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  Low Interest Rates Wallop Retirees: EBRI

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  The low-interest-rate environment “has an extremely large impact on failure rates” when it comes to meeting retirement goals, EBRI's research director says.

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  SEC, FINRA: Beware Pension, Settlement Income Stream Deals

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2013

  In a joint alert issued Thursday, the SEC and FINRA provide investors with information about what to do before buying or selling such rights and urge them to proceed with caution.

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  NASAA Joins FINRA in Fight Against Schwab Class-Action Ruling

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 9, 2013

  State securities regulators are throwing their support behind FINRA in its battle to overturn a decision by its hearing panel that allowed Charles Schwab & Co. to block customer participation in class-action lawsuits.