Securities America

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  Securities America Adds 30 Eagle One Advisors in Second Small BD Deal in a Month

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 9, 2013

  Eagle One intends to wind down operations, and most of its advisors have moved to Securities America.

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  Securities America Adds Group With 130 Reps, $1 Billion in Assets

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 11, 2012

  Investors Security of Suffolk, Va., joins the Nebraska-based firm, which added an Alabama team last month.

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  Securities America Auto Sign-On Saves New Advisors’ Time

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  One of the first advisors to use the system when he joined Securities America, Rick Pucci of Park Ridge Financial says it was 'incredibly efficient and saved me and my staff a lot of time.'

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  Securities America Honors Advisor Assistant Who Saved Her Firm

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 9, 2012

  Executive assistant Amanda Silkwood of Quintus Financial Services stepped up big time at her firm, and has been named Assistant of the Year by the broker-dealer.

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  Ladenburg Joins FSI, Adding 2,700 Members to Lobby Group

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 4, 2012

  FSI's membership now includes advisors from all three of Ladenburg’s indie BD subsidiaries, including Securities America, Triad Advisors and Investacorp.

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  Securities America Sale: Final Price Could Be $220 Million; Big Retention Bonuses

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 19, 2011

  Ladenburg Thalmann files 8-K; retention bonuses of 15% of yearly fees and commissions are being offered by the company, sources say.

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  Securities America Deal: ‘Huge Gamble’ for Advisors and Ladenburg, Experts Say

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2011

  Recruiters are concerned that the deal will be good for Ameriprise but leave advisors in the cold, leaving them with uncertainty and lacking in better services and products.

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  Securities America Sale: ‘Amazingly Low Price,’ Expert Says

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2011

  The news Wednesday that Ladenburg Thalmann is buying Securities America, for what some call a bargain price, resolves some issues for the IBD’s 1,700 advisors, but raises a good number of questions, as well, experts say.

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  Ladenburg Thalmann to Buy Securities America for $150 Million

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2011

  Parent of IBDs Investacorp and Triad Advisors promises to keep troubled Securities America independent, and its management team intact.

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  Securities America Settlement May Speed Up Its Sale

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 10, 2011

  A judge gives final approval of an $80 million class-action settlement; other suits could still emerge, experts say