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  Hybrid RIA, LPL Affiliate Adds Two Practices

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2013

  U.S. Wealth Management hopes to have $1 billion in client assets over the next 12 months, up from $600 million today.

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  What It Means to Be an Advisor

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2013

  An outspoken group of top advisors convened at the Curian Conference in Chicago to sound off on everything from the political climate to women as a niche market to retirement income and behavior, and more.

• Delivering the Promises of Natural Gas

  By Ron Jibson  |  May 21, 2013

  I am going to tell you about the role natural gas currently plays in the United States and the role it can, and should, play in America’s future.

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  Top 30 Colleges for Highest Starting Salaries

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2013

  Out of 1,058 colleges surveyed, graduates of these schools grabbed the biggest starting salaries from their first jobs.

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  Securities America Adds 6 Financial Affiliates With $3.75B in Assets

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  The credit unions and banks include 15 financial advisors and are located in the Midwest, West and Northeast.

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  SEC Enforcement Roundup: Harrisburg, Pa., Charged With Securities Fraud

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 9, 2013

  The city was charged with making misleading public statements. Meanwhile, the SEC charged four traders with bribing a Venezuelan official.

• BDs Share Latest FA

  By Janet Levaux  |  April 29, 2013

  In early April, Baird said it recruited a team of seven employee advisors with about $770 million in client assets from Wells Fargo in Houston, while Royal Alliance announced that it added two independent teams in Chicago and Salt Lake City with combined assets of more than $400 million and...

• Playing Defense on Bonds

  By Ronald L. Delegge  |  April 29, 2013

  The recent bull market in bond prices has been called the biggest bond bubble in history. Thanks to a combination of stock-averse investors and multi-billion dollar purchases of U.S. Treasuries by the Federal Reserve, higher bond prices have fueled the boom. But what happens when the trend reverses? How can...

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  New Hire Roundup: Lincoln Financial Advisors Appoints Joseph Gaeckle

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2013

  This week in new hires, Joseph Gaeckle was appointed managing principal at Lincoln Financial Advisors, and Jeff Conway was named to lead a data analytics group at State Street.

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  Morgan Stanley Adds 9 Merrill, Wells & JPMorgan Advisors

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 8, 2013

  In addition, the wirehouse says it has picked up 10 UBS reps in past 5 weeks.