Massachusetts

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  Top 20 Companies for Annuity Sales: Q1

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 28, 2013

  Variable annuity sales continue to struggle despite sustained equity market gains, says LIMRA annuity research director Joseph Montminy.

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  The 2013 Broker-Dealer Reference Guide

  By John Sullivan, Liana Roberts  |  May 28, 2013

  Raging bulls, skyrocketing energy production, baby boomer retirement—for such a seemingly volatile industry, in the past year, surprisingly little has changed.

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  Financial Planning: Art or Science?

  By Michael Finke  |  May 28, 2013

  Good financial planning, like intelligent art, requires an understanding of science.

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  Top 25 Colleges for Best Return on Investment: 2013

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  May 27, 2013

  Out of 1,511 schools studied, these 25 had the greatest payoff for graduates over the course of a 30-year career.

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  5 Indie BDs Ordered to Pay $9.6M for Nontraded REIT Violations

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Massachusetts Securities Regulator William Galvin ordered five IBDs to pay $8.6 million in restitution to investors and fined them a total of $975,000 for improper sales of nontraded REITs.

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  William Galvin: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Since taking on an additional 139 advisors with $6.6 billion in assets under the Dodd-Frank “switch,” Massachusetts has “been able to do what the Securities and Exchange Commission hasn’t.”

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  Top 30 Colleges for Highest Starting Salaries: 2013

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2013

  Out of 1,058 colleges surveyed, graduates of these schools grabbed the biggest starting salaries from their first jobs.

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  The 2013 IA 25: Advisor Advocates and Regulators

  By Editorial Staff  |  May 20, 2013

  Since the financial crisis, advisors have had to defend their businesses from wary consumers, overzealous legislators and sometimes even other advisors whose unscrupulous actions would cast good advisors in the same shadow as bad advisors.

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  Top 10 Most Expensive States for Long-Term Care: 2013

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  Will you or one of your clients be one of the 70% of people over 65 who will need long-term care? Genworth’s annual study on the cost of LTC indicates that if you are, you will be paying more for it this year.

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  FINRA: BDs Have a Failure to Communicate on Nontraded REITs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 6, 2013

  FINRA warned broker-dealers Friday that they were failing to properly communicate to investors the potential pitfalls of nontraded REITs.