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  Are Ketchum’s Arguments for SRO the Best FINRA Can Come Up With?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  June 6, 2012

  My response to reading the FINRA chief’s testimony before Congress on advisor SRO: Really, dude?

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  FINRA Hits Back in Battle Over Advisor SRO

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 29, 2012

  FINRA is now refuting a review, done by Boston Consulting on behalf of several investment advisory trade groups, that challenged FINRA’s cost estimates in assuming an SRO role.

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  Bachus Reintroduces SRO Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus reintroduced in late April his draft bill calling for a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for advisors.

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  Some Questions—and Answers—on the Spencer Bachus SRO Bill

  By David Tittsworth, IAA  |  May 14, 2012

  Some of the answers: FINRA is the only viable option that has been identified as an SRO and, as Mercer Bullard commented, "the bill would impose a tax on small advisory businesses...and mainstream investors they represent."

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  Advisor Groups Refute FINRA’s Cost Estimates for SRO Role

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2012

  The Boston Consulting Group released Thursday a review refuting FINRA’s cost estimates in assuming the role of an SRO for advisors, saying it underestimated costs and overestimated productivity.

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  NAPFA Names Ron Rhoades Chairman

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2012

  On opening day of the 2012 NAPFA annual conference in Chicago, outgoing chairwoman Susan John named Ron Rhoades to succeed her as head of the fee-only planners group.

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  FINRA Releases Its Cost Estimates in Assuming Advisor SRO Role

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  FINRA has released an estimate of what its start-up and ongoing annual investment costs would be should it become the SRO for advisors—an estimate far below projections released by the Boston Consulting Group.

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  Bachus, McCarthy Introduce SRO Redraft

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus reintroduced on Wednesday his draft bill calling for an SRO for advisors—one week after industry sources told AdvisorOne that an SRO bill was imminent.

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  Worried Mutual Fund Leaders Ask: Are We the Auto Industry of Finance?

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 24, 2012

  “The relationship with the advisor as opposed to the product provider has become much more important to investors,” said Boston Consulting Group's Gary Shub during his MFEA talk.

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  Tom Bradley Says ‘RIAs on the Winning Side’: TD Ameritrade Conference

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 2, 2012

  TD Ameritrade Institutional President Tom Bradley opened the clearing and custodial firm’s annual conference Thursday morning in Orlando with a wide ranging discussion of current hot topics.