MetLife

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  A Succession Plan That Started at the Gym

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 20, 2013

  Certain professions and areas of study translate well to financial planning. Who knew personal training was one?

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  SCF Lures Walnut Street Team of 4 Advisors

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  The move puts the Fresno-based independent broker-dealer at more than $1 billion in affilated client assets and 140 advisors.

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  Middle-Age White Guys Need Not Apply: AIG’s Advisor Group Diversifies Recruitment

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 7, 2013

  The traditional image of the wirehouse-trained advisor serving strictly HNW white males is giving way as women challenge assumptions about who the average investor is.

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  Crossing Paths: The 2013 IA 25

  By Editorial Staff  |  April 29, 2013

  With Investment Advisor's 13th annual list of the most influential individuals in and around the advisor business, we decided to do something different.

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  Reality Bites: Gen Xers Aren’t Slackers Anymore, MetLife Says

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2013

  The unthinkable inevitable has happened: Gen Xers are identifying more with their Boomer parents as they enter middle age and shoulder the burdens of work, family and financial planning.

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  Cetera Buying Fellow IBDs Tower Square, Walnut Street From MetLife

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 5, 2013

  With the addition of 800-plus MetLife independent reps, the Cetera BD network will comprise 7,000 advisors managing $130 billion in assets.

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  LPL Branding Plan: A Work in Progress

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2013

  The independent broker-dealer ends its CNBC campaign this week and refuses to elaborate on future plans.

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  The Successful Retirement Plan Advisor, Pt. 5—Profile in Success—Voyage Financial Group

  By Liz Davidson, Financial Finesse  |  March 18, 2013

  Voyage Financial Partners has followed its unique business strategy with discipline and focus--working with middle-income workers at Fortune 1000 companies--and achieved significant success along the way, but not by accident.

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  New Hire Roundup: CFP Board Announces Chair Appointments

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 30, 2013

  This week in new hires, John Byrne and Bryan Hissong returned to Prudential Retirement, and Jac McLean was named head of distribution at Hartford Mutual Funds.

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  Johnson Named President of National Planning Corp.

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 25, 2013

  John Johnson has been acting in this role for the Jackson National-affiliated independent broker-dealer since November.