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  Fighting for His Clients

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 29, 2013

  Christopher L. Walker started out 19 years ago as a transactional wirehouse broker making a whopping 400 daily dials. Yet inside this conscientious cold-caller was a consultative, relationship-oriented financial advisor yearning to break free.

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  New Hire Roundup: Christian Brothers Appoints Four

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 27, 2013

  This week in new hires, Christian Brothers Investment Services announced four key appointments, and American Century welcomed Joseph Schultz.

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  Hall of Fame Winners to Date

  By Editorial Staff  |  November 20, 2012

  The full listing of Research Hall of Fame winners.

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  Mergers: A Tech Nightmare for Advisors

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  October 24, 2012

  No one presumes that technology integration between big financial services firms will be headache-free, but such unions can unleash tech fiascoes. At stake: advisor productivity and morale.

• The Crown of a Good Name

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  August 23, 2012

  On the big screen, fictional insider-trading sleazeball Gordon Gekko exhorted: “Greed … is good.”

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  Branch Manager’s Cowboy Call: ‘Can You Ride for the Brand?’

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  June 27, 2012

  Hard-driving, competitive, goal-focused, Keith A. Vanderveen, president of the home region of Wells Fargo Advisors’ Private Client Group, does not mince words.

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  Advisors Beware: Con Men Targeting Your Clients

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2012

  The criminal world’s best and brightest minds have targeted the advisory business, warns 'Financial Serial Killers' co-author Tom Ajamie.

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  Finding the Culprits of the Crisis

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 25, 2012

  Derivatives expert Janet Tavakoli takes a hard look at what — and who — caused the financial crisis.

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  Morgan Stanley Grabs UBS Team; Loses Reps to Merrill, Others

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 30, 2012

  Threat of credit downgrade shouldn’t hurt its recruiting power, experts say

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  Raymond James’ Retention Deal May Help It Keep Morgan Keegan Reps

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 27, 2012

  The $300,000 production level for the awards should prove advantageous to Raymond James, recruiters and others explain.