Bank of America

• Major Firms See Assets, Fees Rise in Q1 ‘12 But Post Mixed Results for FA Headcounts

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2012

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  Advisors Deliver Two-Thirds of Raymond James Revenue, Says CEO Reilly

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  Bidding to be the ‘premier alternative to Wall Street,’ Raymond James focuses on service and technology and is seeing particular recruiting success in its employee BD unit.

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  5 Best & Worst Advisor Partner Firms: Q1 Earnings

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2012

  The wirehouses, top IBDs and associated players serving advisors had their earnings fall as much as 718% and improve up to 13% in Q1—AdvisorOne selected 10 to spotlight.

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  Krawcheck Weighs In on JPMorgan Debacle

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 15, 2012

  Controversial industry executive asks what happens when high-return bank businesses go bad.

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  London’s ‘Whale’ Loses $2 Billion for JPMorgan

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

  CEO Jamie Dimon said that the office suffered an “egregious” failure and that losses from volatile synthetic credit securities could mount by another $1 billion in this quarter or the third.

• Norway Dumps Bonds as Elections Loom

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2012

  As the possibility of drastic change hovers over France and Greece, with elections to be held Sunday, Norway has warned that Europe is in for a rough ride.

• GDP Grew 2.2% in Q1: Commerce Department

  By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer  |  April 27, 2012

  The GDP result, while showing slower growth than last quarter, suggests that the economy will continue to expand, slowly but steadily.

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  Mass Affluent Plagued With Financial Worries: Report

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2012

  Even with $9 trillion in assets, the mass affluent aren’t happy campers.

• Broker Exits Spur Recruiting Shift

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  The movement of financial advisors out of the wirehouses has continued in early 2012, experts say, and should put Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley on notice.

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  Top 5 Business Women Who Tweet About Wall Street

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2012

  AdvisorOne lists the top 5 business women who tweet based on number of followers, frequency of tweets, quality of posts, professional credentials and what our gut tells us.