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  CFP Board Hires Cranford as New Lobbyist

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 18, 2013

  The CFP Board has beefed up its lobbying power by hiring Todd Cranford, who advised former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.

• The B/D Custodian

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

  As the broker/dealer industry moves, seemingly inexorably, to the fee side of the business, one specific independent B/D--LPL Financial--has taken what might be considered the...

• A New Entry With a Familiar Name Enters the Custody Business

  By Kara P. Stapleton  |  May 6, 2008

  LPL Financial has taken what might be considered the logical next step as the broker/dealer industry incresingly moves to the fee side of the business--becoming a custodian to non-affiliated RIAs as well as dually registered advisors. On May 5, LPL announced plans to roll out its new custodial venture in...

• Will 12b-1 Fees Survive?

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2007

  Will the securities and Exchange Commission repeal 12b-1 fees? It depends on whom you ask, but SEC staff will recommend changes that Chairman Christopher Cox...

• Revise 12b-1 or Not?

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 20, 2007

  The Securities and Exchange Commission was well aware that 12b-1 fees would be used to compensate brokers for providing services to mutual fund shareholders when it created the rule in 1980, according to former SEC officials.