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  New Hire Roundup: Wedbush Private Client Services Group Adds Wright

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 31, 2012

  Also this week in new hires, Lance Losey and Mary Welk joined Ascent Private Capital Management and Michael Millman joined The Private Client Reserve in San Francisco.

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  Marketing Reboot

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  "Let me tell you what happened at lunch today," Mark Smith says matter-of-factly when asked about marketing in the new era.

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  Morgan Stanley’s FA Firings: ‘Savvy Strategy,’ Experts Say

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 13, 2011

  Morgan Stanley’s move to institute a second round of firings this year is being praised by industry consultants and recruiters, like Chip Roame of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, as a step that makes sense for the brokerage group, though it certainly will cause some pain and suffering in the advisor population.

• How To Measure Risk Tolerance

  By Bill Miller  |  August 1, 2009

  By now we all know that clients are not behaving in the familiar ways that we have grown accustomed to. Losing boatloads of money can...

• RIGHT TIME, RIGHT TRUST

  By Gavin Morrissey, JD, LLM, Commonwealth Financial, Gavin Morrissey, JD, LLM, Commonwealth Financial  |  December 1, 2008

  In my day-to-day job, my primary responsibility is to consult with wealth managers about planning issues that come up and to offer planning techniques to...

• For Richer or for Poorer?

  By Rebecca McReynolds  |  October 12, 2007

  Advisors can help clients build a solid financial relationship before they exchange vows

• Divorce and Taxes: IRAs and Options

  By Staff Writer  |  March 1, 2005

  The courts and the IRS have been very active recently in the divorce arena. Developments in the areas of nonalimony designations, dependency waivers, interest, retirement...

• Head Start

  By Staff Writer  |  December 1, 2001

  Explaining finance to children taught planner Jane

• Out & About

  By Staff Writer  |  April 2, 2001

  Without the safety nets of straight society, gay a