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  Giachetti: Don’t Listen to the Kool-Aid Compliance Salesmen

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  If you like your compliance talk spiced up with frankness and salty language, Tom Giachetti of Stark & Stark is your man.

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  Low Interest Rates Wallop Retirees: EBRI

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  The low-interest-rate environment “has an extremely large impact on failure rates” when it comes to meeting retirement goals, EBRI's research director says.

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  New SEC Chairwoman Walter Appoints Two Acting Directors

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 17, 2012

  During her first day as the new chairman of the SEC, Elisse Walter appointed two acting directors, one to the Division of Corporation Finance and the other to Trading and Markets.

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  Get a Life

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  March 1, 2011

  “People today don’t want to be sold XYZ product. They want a customized, personalized financial plan for life,” says Mitch Anthony, founder of the Financial Life Planning Institute.

• Bad Times, Good Timing

  By Nancy R. Mandell  |  March 1, 2009

  Trust: Clients seek it; you've earned it. But in the post-Madoff era, even established registered investment advisors are tainted by the public skepticism born first...