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  IRI Research to Serve as ‘Backbone’ to One-Stop Licensing Clearinghouse

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 25, 2012

  IRI announced Monday a new research initiative to identify regulatory burdens facing BDs that impede their ability—and their advisors’ willingness—to sell lifetime income products.

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  The Shale Gas Rush

  By Gerald Burstyn  |  May 24, 2012

  With all of this new economic activity comes investing opportunity. And there is more than one way to play the market.

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  Buffett’s 7 Nuggets of Wisdom at Berkshire Hathaway Meeting

  By Geoff Kirbyson  |  May 7, 2012

  On gold, U.S. banks and the ‘psychotic drunk’ that is the stock market, the Oracle of Omaha has spoken.

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  Securities America Auto Sign-On Saves New Advisors’ Time

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  One of the first advisors to use the system when he joined Securities America, Rick Pucci of Park Ridge Financial says it was 'incredibly efficient and saved me and my staff a lot of time.'

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  New Hire Roundup: Lynch Joins ByAllAccounts Board; Mariner Names Greiner CIO

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 11, 2012

  This week in new hires, Matt Lynch joined ByAllAccounts’ board of directors; William Greiner became CIO at Mariner Wealth Advisors and FactRight brought in Scott Smith and Chris Bove.

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  Great Plains Financial Group Joins Securities America

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 24, 2012

  Securities America announced Thursday that Great Plains Financial Group has joined the La Vista, Neb.-based broker-dealer.

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  5 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q4 Earnings

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2012

  Brokerage firms in the fourth quarter boosted earnings growth as high as 191% and reported declines as low as 131%–AdvisorOne selected 10 to spotlight.

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  Securities America Honors Advisor Assistant Who Saved Her Firm

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 9, 2012

  Executive assistant Amanda Silkwood of Quintus Financial Services stepped up big time at her firm, and has been named Assistant of the Year by the broker-dealer.

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  Angeles Investment Advisors, Carson Wealth’s Foster Launch HNW RIA

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2012

  The new RIA plans to grow by hiring breakaway brokers “looking to build upon an exceptional brand.”

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  Buffett Slams Romney for ‘Shoving Around Money’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 23, 2012

  Warren Buffett and Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., spoke with Bloomberg Television's Betty Liu in Omaha, Neb., during their first in-person meeting following Rigell's pledge to give 15% of his salary to help pay down the national debt.