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  Top Portfolio Products: Granite Launches Value Fund, Knight Capital Adds Two Astor ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 27, 2011

  New products introduced over the last week include a new value fund from Granite Investment Advisors and two new ETF mutual funds from Knight Capital; the adoption of a FTSE benchmark by Vanguard for one of its funds; and the addition of more tools to its active trading platform by...

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  Target: Wall Street

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  December 26, 2011

  The question is not whether the financial industry will encounter a volatile and difficult political climate this election year. The question is just how tough that climate will be.

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  Sun Life Financial to Exit Annuity Business

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 13, 2011

  Sun Life Financial announced Monday that it will exit the annuity business effective Dec. 30, costing jobs in its Wellesley, Mass., and Portsmouth, N.H. offices.

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  Top 10 Smartest States for Financial IQ

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian and Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2011

  A study by the nonpartisan EBRI shows the difference in financial literacy and behavior for each state. To determine which states had the highest financial IQ, AdvisorOne added each states’ ranking in the two categories and, like golf, the lower scores won.

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  Wells Fargo’s New HNW Brand Could Make Sense, Expert Says

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 10, 2011

  Consultant Chip Roame tells AdvisorOne he believes the bank-focused model could serve a limited number of wealthy individuals, families and businesses.

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  Top 10 Best Cities for Educated Job Seekers

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 7, 2011

  In a tough job market it always helps to know some of the best places to find work. More educated members of the labor force will find more opportunities in some of these cities, where the demand for education narrows the field of applicants.

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  New Hire Roundup: Kiley to Lead Security Benefit; SNR Denton Welcomes Samlin; Edelman Recruits Bottazzi

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 11, 2011

  This week in new hires, Michael Kiley was named to become CEO of Security Benefit Corp.; Scott Samlin went to SNR Denton; Edelman Financial Services recruited Joe Bottazzi from outside the industry and Reliance Trust named Robert F. Cook to head its church and nonprofit division.

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  Does Anyone Have a Real Economic Plan?

  By Nicole Gelinas  |  July 26, 2011

  Going into next year’s election, President Obama is in a heap of trouble over the economy. Some evidence: in June, only 29 percent of the people who participated in a Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll thought the country was “headed in the right direction.”

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  Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: Equal to Their Offshore Brethren?

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  July 19, 2011

  If you use a domestic asset protection trust, is it likely to to stand up to creditors’ battle tactics?