Mindy Diamond

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  Shh! Virtual Recruitment Market Lets Advisors Shop Anonymously for New Firms

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2013

  Companies that have signed on to the Advisor Center include Cetera Advisors, Commonwealth Financial Network, LPL Financial, Pershing Advisor Solutions and TD Ameritrade Institutional.

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  More Advisors on the Move in 2013: Diamond

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2013

  Diamond Consultants says this year will be a more robust recruiting year than last, based on conversations with advisors and deals closed in January.

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  Raymond James Recruits Wells Fargo Mother-Daughter Team

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 7, 2013

  A Baltimore-based CFP team with $200 million in AUM and $2 million in annual production has jumped ship from Wells Fargo to join Raymond James’ IBD channel.

• Morgan Stanley’s Social-Media Drive

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  July 26, 2012

  While rivals are working behind the scenes, Morgan Stanley is moving publicly—and quickly—to embrace social media, experts say.

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  Independence Still Looks Good, Though Few Take the Plunge

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  A survey of some 2,500 traditional employee advisors found that more than 70% are considering a move to independence, says Diamond Consultants, a recruiting and consulting firm.

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  BofA to Sell Merrill’s Foreign Wealth Units, Report Says

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2012

  BofA is trying to raise $3 billion through the overseas sale, according to Reuters, but that could lead to some flight among U.S. advisors.

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  Wells Fargo’s Burgeoning FiNet ‘Well Positioned’ to Draw Breakaways

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2012

  "Providing quality advisors with the choice and flexibility they want and need to be as successful as possible is central to our mission," Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network President John Peluso said.

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  Most Advisors Want Independence, but Few Make Jump, Survey Says

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 10, 2012

  Short-term financial goals keep many advisors in their traditional channels, according to the recruiter Mindy Diamond.

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  Wirehouse Push Into Indie-BD Space Could Follow Wells’ Model

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 20, 2012

  But making a semi-independent or fully independent channel work within the wirehouse world is no easy feat, experts say.

• UBS Sees Leaders Exit, Expects Profit

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 26, 2011

  UBS said in early October that the co-heads of its global-equities unit resigned in response to the unauthorized trading that caused a $2.3 billion loss at the bank in mid-September. A former Bank of America-Merrill Lynch executive is now the sole leader of the unit. These shifts come on the...