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  Best and Worst 529 College Plans for 2012: Morningstar

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2012

  What’s striking this year is the big pool of winners, a reflection of the improvement in the 529 industry since it hit bottom in 2008—and seven of the 27 medalists are advisor-sold.

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  New Hire Roundup: New National Segment Leaders at Mercer Hammond

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 10, 2012

  This week in new hires, Mercer Hammond named three new national segment leaders, National Advisors Trust brought in Joseph Morsman, and BKD Wealth Advisors announced internal promotions.

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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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  7 U.S. Presidents Who Flopped Financially

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  September 6, 2012

  Becoming president doesn’t mean you’re as successful with your money as with your career. AdvisorOne spotlights seven who flopped financially.

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  6 U.S. Cities on the Edge of a Fiscal Cliff

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  August 14, 2012

  With recent warnings and downgrades from Moody’s, these municipalities may follow the likes of Stockton and Central Falls into bankruptcy.

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  N.Y. Action on Standard Chartered Surprised Other Regulators

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 8, 2012

  Not only was Standard Chartered apparently blindsided by the move, so were federal regulators; negotiations had been ongoing for some time for what the bank hoped would be a quiet settlement.

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  Harris, M&I Banks Merge Broker-Dealers

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 3, 2012

  The BMO Financial Group now has 165 financial advisors in nine states, BMO Harris Financial Advisors President Mike Miroballi told AdvisorOne.

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  New Hire Roundup: Rogers, Wolf Move Up at Gemini

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2012

  This week in new hires, Andrew Rogers and Kevin Wolf moved up in the management ranks at Gemini; John Sullivan went to Dynasty Financial Partners; and Jonathan Bergman joined TAG Associates.

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  New Hire Roundup: Putnam Adds Three; Wagner Retires From BlackRock, Joins Board

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 27, 2012

  This week in new hires, David Scheetz, Edward Deeds and James Axford joined Putnam Investments; and Susan Wagner retired as vice chairwoman of BlackRock and was named to its board.

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  Whitney on Dimon’s Testimony: ‘He’s the Antithesis of Blankfein’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 19, 2012

  “He charms,” Meredith Whitney said. “He’s incredible. He gave the senators a massage and they gave him a massage back.”