Ameriprise Financial

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  Former Yahoo Exec, Former Ameriprise Fund Manager Charged With Insider Trading

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  Robert W. Kwok, formerly Yahoo’s senior director of business management, and Reema D. Shah, a former mutual fund manager at the Ameriprise Financial unit RiverSource Investments LLC, were charged Monday with insider trading and have agreed to settle the SEC’s charges.

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  LPL Launches Program to Ease Retirement Plan Rollovers

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2012

  The first iteration of the Rollover Results Program is designed to provide education to plan participants and expedite rollovers to LPL representatives.

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  Baby Boomers Sacrifice Retirement for Kids—Again

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 1, 2012

  Many boomers delayed saving for retirement to save for the steep cost of their children's college education. Now, even though many boomers’ portfolios are recovering, it doesn't mean they're out of the financial wilderness just yet.

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  Ameriprise Posts Mixed Results, Raises Advisor Headcount

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2012

  The number of Ameriprise Financial advisors rose slightly to 9,744, and assets under management were $334 billion as of March 31.

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  New Hire Roundup: Lynch Joins ByAllAccounts Board; Mariner Names Greiner CIO

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 11, 2012

  This week in new hires, Matt Lynch joined ByAllAccounts’ board of directors; William Greiner became CIO at Mariner Wealth Advisors and FactRight brought in Scott Smith and Chris Bove.

• New Hire Roundup: BondDesk Welcomes Swartz; Kosharek Rises at Raymond James

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2012

  This week in new hires, Donald Swartz went to BondDesk; Jamie Kosharek advanced at Raymond James; and Pinnacle made Michael Kitces a partner.

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  Q4 Earnings: Ameriprise Misses Estimates, but Boosts Head count

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  February 2, 2012

  Net inflows of client assets for its 9,730 advisors were $1.35 billion in the fourth quarter.

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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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  Ameriprise Adds Morgan Stanley, Other Reps With $565M in Assets

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 21, 2011

  Independent and employee advisors join Ameriprise Financial in California, New Jersey and Oklahoma

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  Raymond James Adds $425M-plus FAs From Merrill, UBS and Morgan Stanley

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 20, 2011

  Seven advisors with more than $425 million in assets joined the employee channel of Raymond James in Virginia and Florida.