John Simmers

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  FSI Adds 500 New Members

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 15, 2013

  Cetera Financial Services, run by Valerie Brown, and IEP Financial announced that 500 of their affiliated financial advisors are now new FSI members.

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  Raising the Bar

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 1, 2011

  For John Brackett, business isn’t all that bad.

• LPL Financial's Casady and Edward Jones' Jim Weddle Join FINRA Board

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2009

  The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) of Washington, D.C., says that two new large-firm representatives have been elected to its board of governors, while a...

• Broker/Dealer Briefing: John Simmers of ING

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

  John Simmers, who in his 30-year career helped consolidate ING's roster of broker/dealers into the four B/Ds that comprise the ING Advisors Network, has retired from the...

• John Simmers of ING Stepping Down

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 3, 2009

  CEO of ING Advisors Network to Retire

• 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...

• 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....