John Rooney

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  Commonwealth Grabs Monarch Retirement Group From SII Investments

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 22, 2013

  The news comes on the heels of Commonwealth’s announcement that Schluchter Investment Advisors had joined the firm.

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  Commonwealth’s Bloom on Acquisitions: Firm Is Open, but Cautious

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 5, 2012

  The independent broker-dealer's CEO says the firm is quite strict about what types of advisors and business it wants to add as it moves toward becoming a $1 billion firm.

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  Commonwealth to Roll Out More IA Options in Early ’13

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 5, 2012

  The independent broker-dealer believes more flexibility on affiliation will help it attract more breakaway brokers and give its advisors and prospects more options.

• Commonwealth Highlights Quality Service, Technology at Its ’10 National Confab

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2010

  (Phoenix) Some 750 financial advisors affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network, along with 650 other guests and staff members, gathered in Phoenix at the JW Marriott...

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  LPL Kicks Off Its IPO, in Much Anticipated Move

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne, Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  November 18, 2010

  LPL's IPO successfully passed its first test, as its shares rose 7% in trading Thursday, closing at $32.15 with 8 million shares traded.

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  LPL IPO: Commonwealth’s Rooney on the Benefits of Private Ownership

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 17, 2010

  John Rooney, managing principal of Commonwealth Financial's San Diego office, says that among the leadership ranks of the independent B/D where he's spent the last 22 years, there are no regrets on staying privately owned.

• Commonwealth Financial & Advisors Give, Grow

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2009

  For its recent national conference in Orlando, Fla., 60-plus Commonwealth Financial Network advisors and staff built townhomes in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity for...

• Commonwealth Leaders, Advisors Fired Up

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2008

  (Phoenix) Commonwealth Financial Network advisors seem to be taking a measured approach to the present financial crisis. And that means they were quite keen to...

• How to Have a High-Revenue Firm

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  January 1, 2007

  It's no secret that compliance and staffing costs are digging into profitability -- your profitability. In fact, the chatter about it has been deafening. The...

• Commonwealth Aims for Controlled Growth

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2006

  (Phoenix) Commonwealth Financial Network wants to maintain its identity despite some serious expansion, say executives attending the broker-dealer's recent national conference, held Oct. 26-30 at...