Financial Services Institute

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  FSI Kicks Off Conference With Standing-Room-Only Crowd

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  January 29, 2013

  With registrants at 753 and with advocacy wins under its belt, the independent broker-dealer group calls for more membership and announces an advisor conference.

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  FSI Sees Record Attendance for Its OneVoice 2013 Conference

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  The independent broker-dealer association reports more than 740 registrations--including 352 BD execs--for its gathering Monday through Wednesday in San Diego.

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  New Hire Roundup: James Hanna Joins Genworth; Morningstar CFO Departs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2013

  This week in new hires, Genworth hires a new CTO; Morningstar announced changes in its senior management; and FSI hired Kathryn Anderson and added 500 new advisor members.

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  FSI Adds 500 New Members

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 15, 2013

  Cetera Financial Services, run by Valerie Brown, and IEP Financial announced that 500 of their affiliated financial advisors are now new FSI members.

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  New Hire Roundup: LPL Financial Welcomes Lochan

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 9, 2013

  This week in new hires, Brendt Stallings and Husam Nazer joined DoubleLine, the MSRB board announced that it is looking for a few good applicants, and Citi named two new co-presidents.

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  Market Blitz With David Blitzer; Growth by Design Study; 2013 Career Guide: January Investment Advisor—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  December 21, 2012

  The new year typically gets people looking ahead at things to come. Considering the things David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, sees coming, we couldn’t wait to share them.

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  Slow and Steady Wins the Reg

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 21, 2012

  In 2013, FSI’s main priorities will be engaging politicians on relevant regulations and legislation, like the DOL's fiduciary rule, BDs’ independent contractor status as well as certain provisions of Dodd-Frank.

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  Borzi: DOL to Offer New Version of Fiduciary Rule in ‘Several Months’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2012

  The DOL plans to repropose its controversial rule to amend the definition of fiduciary under ERISA “in several months,” Phyllis Borzi the DOL’s EBSA, told AdvisorOne on Friday.

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  4 Common-Sense Requests for Congress From the FSI

  By Dale Brown, Financial Services Institute  |  November 30, 2012

  No more kicking the can down the road. The lame-duck Congress can and should avoid going over the fiscal cliff by acting on these four modest proposals.

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  Advisors ‘Overwhelmingly’ Optimistic Fiscal Cliff Deal Can Be Reached: FSI Poll

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 28, 2012

  Advisors are overwhelmingly optimistic that a deal will be reached to avert a fiscal cliff, and that such a deal will include not only higher marginal tax rates for wealthy Americans but will also include curbs on deductions, according.