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  2011 Advisor Hall of Fame

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  November 23, 2011

  Welcome to Research Magazine's Advisor Hall of Fame, now in its 21st year. This eagerly anticipated annual feature has become a benchmark of excellence in our industry and an example to all of the rewards that result from effort and integrity.

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  Measured Pace

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  October 26, 2011

  Back in 1976, while other teenagers had started obsessing over the newest style of music, punk rock, 16-year-old Louis M. Ricciardi was grooming himself to be a financial advisor. Hipping classmates to the Rule of 72, he was touting the benefits of investing at a young age.

• Advisors on the Go: Barclays Adds 3, Baird Picks Up 2 and Raymond James Hires 1

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2011

  Barclays Wealth said Wednesday that it had hired three advisors for its Latin American ultra-high-net-worth operations, while Baird announced on the same day that it had picked up two advisors in San Francisco. On Monday, Raymond James employee-channel added a top producer in Houston.

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  Catching up with… Scott Colyer

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  If you’re in the decidedly unglamorous, but wholly necessary fixed income business, setting up shop in Monument, Colo., serves as an effective (and breathtaking) counterbalance.

• Ex-UBS Chief Grano on Wirehouses: ‘They’ve Lost Their Way’

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 18, 2011

  The former head of UBS-PaineWebber also says that the breakaway-broker trend is likely to continue

• Cetera, Former ING Advisor Group, Hires Second Schwab Executive

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2010

  Cetera Financial Group, formerly ING Advisors Network, said Monday it had hired Mark Palmer as the firm's national sales manager.

• Former ING Advisor Group Hires Second Schwab Exec

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2010

  Cetera Financial Group, formerly ING Advisors Network, said it has hired Mark Palmer as the firm's national sales manager after tapping Barnaby Grist in February.

• Broker/Dealer Briefing: Cetera Ready to Grow

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2010

  If there's one thing that advisors cannot stand, it's uncertainty. So imagine that you were a representative affiliated with one of the ING broker/dealers over...

• Portrait of a Branch Manager

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  July 1, 2008

  It takes an ultra savvy advisor to service ultra-high-net-worth clients -- and it takes an ultra-talented branch manager to coach top FAs to be even...

• Reinventing Lebenthal

  By Nancy R. Mandell  |  September 1, 2007

  Alexandra Lebenthal is as excited as she is frustrated: "This is an entrepreneurial oxymoron!" she exclaims. "The Lebenthal name in a startup company! I feel...