Arizona

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  The Client Newsletter: Canned or Customized?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  March 5, 2013

  The client newsletter costs money and time to produce, but fail to put it out and you have dispensed with a valuable communication tool.

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  9 Ways to Close the Deal

  By David Port  |  March 1, 2013

  Call it fulfilling your fiduciary responsibility or call it selling an idea — your success as an advisor depends on your ability to convince people to act on your advice. Check out these nine battle-tested tactics.

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  Top 10 Most Regressive Tax States

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  February 5, 2013

  In the states whose tax systems most favor high earners, low-income families pay up to six times as high a share of their income as the wealthiest families, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

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  SEC, FINRA Enforcement Roundup: Eli Lilly to Pay $29M to Settle Foreign Bribery Charges

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 3, 2013

  The SEC recently charged Eli Lilly for violations of the FCPA and barred an Arizona-based fund manager from the industry after the fund’s collapse. FINRA ordered Pruco Securities to pay $10.7 million.

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  Advisors Giving Back: Holiday Slideshow, Part III

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 27, 2012

  In the final advisor-themed slideshow of 2012, we highlight advisors and their partners who share time and talents with the local, national and global community.

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  Advisors Giving Back: Holiday Slideshow, Part II

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 26, 2012

  In the second of three slideshows, we pay homage to advisors and their partners who share of their time and talents with their local, national and global community.

• Wirehouses, Others Actively Attract Reps

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 20, 2012

  In the final months of 2012, the wirehouse firms continued to recruit advisors from each other and from other broker-dealers.

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  Sensible Maverick

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  December 20, 2012

  Turning life’s lemons into lemonade is a neat feat.

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  New Hire Roundup: Beale, Kayajanian Join Security Benefit; DOL Picks New ERISA Council Members

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 18, 2012

  This week in new hires, Security Benefit welcomed George Beale and Jeffrey Kayajanian, CapWealth named Phoebe Venable president and COO, and the DOL named five new ERISA Advisory Council members.

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  Wealthy French, Average Americans, Continue to Flee High Taxes

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 12, 2012

  While France’s most famous actor, Gerard Depardieu, is the latest person to flee the country because of a wealth tax set for 2013, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau suggests that ordinary Americans with average incomes continue to flee high-tax states.