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  Schwab Backs Off on Class-Action Ban—for Now

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Charles Schwab on Thursday said it would lift a ban on client class-action suits until all legal and regulatory challenges were resolved.

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  NASAA Joins FINRA in Fight Against Schwab Class-Action Ruling

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 9, 2013

  State securities regulators are throwing their support behind FINRA in its battle to overturn a decision by its hearing panel that allowed Charles Schwab & Co. to block customer participation in class-action lawsuits.

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  Merrill Hires Investment Expert; Morgan Stanley Recruits 2 Advisors

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2013

  Ashwin Chhabra is leaving his post at the Institute for Advanced Study to return to his former employer.

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  Top 10 Cheapest States for Long-Term Care Costs: 2013

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2013

  Will you or your client be one of the 70% of people over 65 who will need long-term care? Genworth’s annual study on the cost of LTC indicates that if you are, you will be paying more for it this year.

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  Sen. Franken Urges SEC to Ban ‘Unfair’ Arbitration Agreements

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2013

  Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., told SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White in a Tuesday letter to act now to prevent Wall Street brokerage firms from forcing investors into “unfair” arbitration agreements.

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  Rep. Waters Reintroduces SEC User Fees Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2013

  Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., on Friday made another go at allowing the SEC to collect user fees to fund advisor exams.

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  NASAA Sounds Alarm on Private Placement Offerings

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 2, 2013

  As the SEC finalizes its proposed rule under the JOBS Act to allow marketing of such offerings, state regulators issued an investor alert Tuesday.

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  7 Key Tax Protests That Shook America

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  March 14, 2013

  Resisters have tried violence and politics, but the taxes keep rolling on.

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  NASAA to Push SEC User Fees, ‘Stay On Guard’ Against FINRA SRO

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 5, 2013

  Chief among state securities regulators’ legislative agenda this year will be pushing SEC user fees, not a FINRA SRO, to better regulate advisors, NASAA President Heath Abshure said Tuesday.

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  Top 10 States With Most & Fewest Millionaires

  By Michael S. Fischer, AdvisorOne  |  January 7, 2013

  Rankings by Phoenix Global Wealth Monitor show some surprising findings on which states have the most millionaires.