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• LPL, Wells’ FiNet Tap New Execs

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 27, 2012

  LPL FINANCIAL SAID IN EARLY JUNE THAT Dan Arnold, currently head of strategy for the largest independent broker-dealer, had been named chief financial officer of the company, the latest step in a management reorganization that has played out over the last few months.

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  Wells Fargo Names New FiNet Chief

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 5, 2012

  Wells Fargo Advisors said Tuesday that Kent Christian is the new president of FiNet, the firm’s independent channel.

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  Wells Fargo’s Peluso Moves From FiNet to Head First Clearing

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 30, 2012

  Wells Fargo's FiNet announced Tuesday that the firm’s president, John Peluso, has been named president of First Clearing Correspondent Services.

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  Private Equity Firm Buys Indy BD First Allied

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 23, 2011

  Independent broker-dealer First Allied announced that it has joined in an acquisition deal with private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners, allowing the BD and Lovell to buy First Allied from parent Advanced Equities.