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  MSSB Reps Depart for Wedbush, Baird

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2012

  The Morgan Stanley advisor joining Baird oversees $120 million in assets.

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  NASAA Names Abshure as President

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2012

  A. Heath Abshure, Arkansas securities commissioner, began Tuesday a one-year term as president of NASAA, replacing Jack Herstein.

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  The Baby Boomer Bust-Up: Advising ‘Gray Divorcés’

  By Olivia Mellan  |  August 21, 2012

  They’ve been called the "gray divorcés," and their numbers are growing. Are you ready to serve them well?

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  Too Much of a Good Thing?

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 21, 2012

  In mid-July, John Ryan of Ryan Insurance Strategy Consultants in Greenwood Village, Colo., advised clients that extensive changes were coming for Genworth’s long-term care insurance product line and for its underwriting.

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  BOK Financial Acquires The Milestone Group

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 20, 2012

  In a further sign the advisor industry is headed for consolidation and “roll-up,” Tulsa-based BOK Financial Corp. announced Monday that it has acquired The Milestone Group.

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  SEC, FINRA Enforcement Roundup: Football Coach’s Ponzi Scheme; Wells Fargo Slapped

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 16, 2012

  Recent actions by the SEC and FINRA ensnared a former Hall of Fame college football coach charged in an $80 million Ponzi scheme and a Wells Fargo vice president for failing to disclose the risks of mortgage-backed securities.

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  PIMCO’s Gross: ‘The Cult of Equity Is Dying’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 31, 2012

  Bill Gross is causing quite a stir (again). The chairman of PIMCO wrote in his August commentary that, going forward, investors will not experience the annual 6.6% real return on equities that they have seen since 1912.

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  U.S. Poverty Nearing Highest Rate Since 1965

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 24, 2012

  Ahead of Census figures, analysts estimate that one in six people were poor in 2011, and they don't see the numbers improving soon.

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  Cambridge Deploys S.W.A.T. Team in Succession Planning Emergencies

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 20, 2012

  Barry Schmidt, the vice president of practice management, takes a completely customized approach with coaching issues.

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  4 ‘Absolutes’ for Successfully Connecting With Clients

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 20, 2012

  "What is the No. 1 indicator of success?" marketing executive Maribeth Kuzmeski asked attendees at the Cambridge Women Advisors Forum in Denver.