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  Top Portfolio Products: Putnam Rolls Out DC Website

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 20, 2012

  Underwriters exercise option in WisdomTree secondary offering.

• 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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  UBS to Pay $1 Billion for Libor Manipulation

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 13, 2012

  UBS will pay $1 billion to settle allegations that it manipulated Libor, according to the Financial Times and other publications. The news about UBS’ settlement will likely be made public on Monday.

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  Morgan Stanley Alters Advisor Comp Plan, Offering Discount Stock in 2013

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 6, 2012

  The bonus for total revenue in 2013 will be cut by 2% to cover compensation adjustments next year.

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  Morgan Stanley Nabs $5.5 Million Producers From Merrill, Barclays

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 4, 2012

  The eight financial advisors also have nearly $780 million in combined client assets

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  Top Portfolio Products: Schwab, Piper Jaffray to Boost Muni Bond Access

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 30, 2012

  New products introduced over the last week include an arrangement between Schwab and Piper Jaffray to provide investors greater access to the latter’s new muni bonds; more.

• Market Neutral ETF Debuts

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  November 21, 2012

  IndexIQ introduced the the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF (QMN) in October. QMN is designed to offer investors liquid, transparent market neutral hedge fund exposure

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  New Hire Roundup: Mullis Joins Securities America; BlackRock’s New Strategist

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 20, 2012

  This week in new hires, Michael Mullis became a registered rep with Securities America; BlackRock named Russ Koesterich its new chief investment strategist; and Michael Davis left EBSA for Prudential.

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  Economy Seen as Debacle for Ruling Japanese Party

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2012

  The upcoming Japanese election will mean that three of Asia’s four largest economies–Japan, China and South Korea–will have new leaders in 2013. South Korea will elect its new president on Dec. 19, and the winner will take office in February. And China officially replaced Hu Jintao as head of the...

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  State Street Makes Case for ETFs in Obama’s Second Term

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 8, 2012

  Targeted ETFs to consider in 2013 include REITs, munis and health care, says David Mazza, State Street’s head of ETF investment strategy.