FSI

• The FSI's Priorities Now

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2009

  In a short five years, the members of the Financial Services Institute (FSI) have done their jobs well. While the 116 independent broker/dealers that are...

• Independents' Optimism

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2008

  Since the leaders of the Investment Advisor Broker/Dealers of the Year last met with the IA editorial team for an intense roundtable, in August 2007,...

• Coming Out Party

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2008

  Only fours years after its inception, the Financial Services Institute has achieved a high level of success as the primary advocacy group for independent broker/dealers....

• Group Think

  By Staff Writer  |  March 1, 2008

  Financial Services Institute (FSI) announced it ended 2007 with more than 12,600 active financial advisor members, a 141% increase over 2006. In 2007, FSI added...

• FSI's Murphy Upbeat About '08

  By Staff Writer  |  January 16, 2008

  New Financial Services Institute (FSI) Chairman Brian Murphy is upbeat about the organization's agenda for 2008. Murphy is looking to "carry on" the work of his predecessors at FSI, which has been an effective advocate for the independent broker/dealer community, especially with lawmakers and regulators.

• Retiring MSC Chief Reflects on LPL, Future of Small Broker-Dealers

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2007

  Retiring MSC Chief Reflects on LPL, Future of Small Broker-Dealers Mutual Service Corporation, the largest of the three Pacific Life broker-dealers being acquired by LPL with...

• The independent model is the right way to do it

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2007

  Rulemaking by enforcement, product suitability and -- of course -- the NASD/NYSE merger were hot topics at this year's Financial Services Institute OneVoice Broker/Dealer Conference...

• FSI Names John Simmers of ING as Chairman

  By Staff Writer  |  January 4, 2007

  The Financial Services Institute (FSI) has announced the election of new leaders for 2007. The new Chairman is John Simmers, CEO of El Segundo, California-based ING Advisors Network. Simmers is currently an industry member of the NASD board of governors. In his role with FSI, Simmers succeeds John Poff, president...

• A New SRO's in Town

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  January 1, 2007

  The move to consolidate two broker/dealer self-regulatory organizations--NASD and the NYSE--and their corresponding and sometimes conflicting sets of rules into one unified SRO has picked...

• Chip on Their Shoulders

  By Robert F. Keane  |  February 1, 2005

  FSI comes out swinging in Orlando