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  Angie Herbers: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2013

  Angie Herbers has been working with financial advisors for over a decade and has been writing for Investment Advisor magazine for almost as long.

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  Better Employee-Benefits Communication Means Happier Workers

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Employers are “embracing benefits planning and combining traditional benefits communication with financial planning to help employees,” Liz Davidson, CEO and founder of Financial Finesse, said in a webcast on Tuesday.

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  Teenagers Taking Responsibility for College Planning

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Teenagers are getting more involved in saving for their own schooling, a survey by The Private College 529 Plan found.

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  Andy Friedman: Which Wealth Transfer Tactics Will Survive Congress?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Act now to transfer wealth, Washington Update analyst Andy Friedman warns, because Congress is likely to close some loopholes while forging a budget compromise needed to raise the debt limit.

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  Baird Expands Recruiting of Trainees, Advisors

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  The employee-owned, Milwaukee-based firm tops $100 billion in client assets as it aims for $1 billion in revenue.

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  Bernanke Talks and 10-Year Treasury Yield Zooms Past 2%

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Bernanke admits that savers who rely on interest income from savings accounts or government bonds are receiving very low returns even as low interest rates have helped create jobs and support home prices.

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  FINRA Inks Deal With Direct Edge, Gains Oversight of 90% of Equity Trading Volume

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  FINRA announced Wednesday that Direct Edge, the third-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., has made a deal with FINRA to provide market surveillance services on behalf of Direct Edge's two licensed stock exchanges.

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  5 Indie BDs Ordered to Pay $9.6M for Nontraded REIT Violations

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Massachusetts Securities Regulator William Galvin ordered five IBDs to pay $8.6 million in restitution to investors and fined them a total of $975,000 for improper sales of nontraded REITs.

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  Military Retirement Planning: How Advisors Can Navigate

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  After 23 years in the Army, Merle Jones, president of Missouri-based Jones Investment Group, was drawn to the financial planning industry but knew he wanted to continue working with members of the military.

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  New Hire Roundup: HighTower Expands Development Team

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  This week in new hires, HighTower welcomed Thomas Brown and Frank Epinger to its development team. Citibank named Mark Mason private bank CEO and Jane Fraser CitiMortgage CEO.