ING Advisors Network

• ING Advisors CEO to Retire

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 3, 2009

  ING Advisors Networks, which provides broker-dealer services to 7,000-plus financial advisors nationwide, said that Chairman and CEO John Simmers has decided to retire.

• NEWS & PRODUCTS, OCTOBER 2008

  By Staff Writer  |  October 1, 2008

  The SEC announced September 11 that it had brought an enforcement action against LPL Financial Corp., saying the largest independent broker/dealer had failed to safeguard...

• ING Lowers Ticket Charges fof FAs (Sept. 15, 2008)

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2008

  The independent broker-dealers of ING have announced they are lowering fees on trades for their financial representatives and advisors on an array of transactions with the aim of making the cost advis

• Reorganization at ING Broker/Dealer Unit

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  August 19, 2008

  ING Advisors Network announced a reorganization August 13 under which the presidents of its four constituent broker/dealers--Financial Network Investment Corporation, ING Financial Partners, Multi-Financial Securities, and PrimeVest Financial Services--will now report to John Simmers, CEO of ING Advisors Network.

• What Will It Mean to Be an Independent Financial Advisor?

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  June 1, 2008

  With baby boomers moving into self-funded retirement, the advisor will need to become expert at risk analysis, risk management and financial life planning. There will...

• 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....

• B/D News & Products

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2008

  On January 8, James Cayne of Bear Stearns announced his plan to step down as CEO, effective immediately, though he will stay on as chairman...

• Woodbury's Brian Murphy Takes FSI Chair

  By Staff Writer  |  January 3, 2008

  Woodbury Financial Services Chairman Brian Murphy will chair the Financial Services Institute's (FSI) board of governors for 2008, according to a January 2 FSI announcement.

• FSI Elects '08 Leaders

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2008

  The Atlanta-based Financial Services Institute, or FSI, says the industry group's board of directors has unanimously elected Brian Murphy, chairman of Woodbury Financial Services of Woodbury, Minn., a

• Exemption Vacation

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2007

  "To be, or not to be?" a fiduciary (with all apologies to Bill Shakespeare) is the question of the hour for broker/dealers. While nobody is...