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• Vanguard, PIMCO Top ’12 Global Funds

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2013

  While Vanguard and PIMCO have continually proven their strength in the U.S. marketplace in recent years, a Morningstar study released in March shows the two firms had a stellar 2012 worldwide.

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  Vanguard, PIMCO Dominate ’12 Global Fund Flows: Morningstar

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 11, 2013

  Investors focused on key fund families in the fixed-income space last year.

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  Bad Personal Financial Habits Mirror U.S. Government's: Allianz Life Survey

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 13, 2012

  The same could probably be said of caloric consumption and obesity rates.

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  Firms’ Tech Education Must Go Beyond Social Media: Corporate Insight

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2012

  In its most recent Mutual Fund Monitor report, released in September, Corporate Insight highlighted trends in how mutual fund advisors use social media.

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  Fixed Annuities Near Record Sales

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  September 13, 2012

  Indexed annuity sales increased 8.3% from the first quarter to the second, Beacon Research reported.

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  TDF Trends: Falling Fees, Blossoming Asset Diversity

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 20, 2012

  BrightScope and Target Date Analytics recently released their newest study in the “Popping the Hood” series, providing a detailed analysis of TDFs and fund families.

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  Women Are Not a Niche

  By Mark Tibergien  |  June 26, 2012

  At a recent Barron’s Top Independent Advisors conference, an audience member posed a question to me and my counterparts that seemed like a flashback to the 1970s and ‘80s.

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  The Four C’s of Retirement

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  June 21, 2012

  Allianz launched on Wednesday an interactive website to help investors who are between five and 10 years away from retirement.

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  Fixed Annuity Sales Rise 23% for Q1

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 14, 2012

  Fixed annuity sales climbed almost 23% from a year ago, and an income annuity was the quarter’s bestselling product for the first time.

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  New Hire Roundup: Comfort Joins LPL; Clark Moves Up at Clark Capital

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  This week in new hires, Robert Comfort went to LPL Financial, Brendan Clark was named president of Clark Capital Management and Ken Paieski joined UAT.