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  New Hire Roundup: Putnam Names New GAA Leadership Team

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2013

  This week in new hires, Putnam announced a new leadership team for its global asset allocation organization, and Steve Antonakes became acting deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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  Goldman, Morgan Stanley Settle Mortgage Complaints for $557 Million

  By MARCY GORDON, AP BUSINESS WRITER  |  January 16, 2013

  Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.

• Wirehouses, Others Actively Attract Reps

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 20, 2012

  In the final months of 2012, the wirehouse firms continued to recruit advisors from each other and from other broker-dealers.

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  Assets of HNW Family Offices Near $800 Billion

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 6, 2012

  Cerulli report points to factors that make this a lucrative and difficult RIA market to pursue.

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  Barclays Recruits 18 Advisors; Morgan Stanley Adds 1; LPL Group Brings on Wells Team

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 7, 2012

  The new Barclays advisors come from many wirehouse and other firms with close to $40 million in yearly fees and commissions, as well as about $9.4 billion in assets.

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  Finance Sector’s Q3 Growth Seen Leaving Others in Dust

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 15, 2012

  Early reports for the finance sector’s third-quarter 2012 performance indicate that it is on track to best all other sectors, at overall profits of 11.8%, in what looks to be an otherwise lackluster earnings season.

• Recruiting Activity Gathering Steam As FAs Embrace Wide Range of Options

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  Many brokers continued to move between the wirehouses in the late summer and early fall.

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  LPL Team Jumps to Raymond James, Buys a Practice

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 17, 2012

  The merged practice, based in Tennessee, should have about $150 million in assets under management.

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  RIA Affiliate of LPL Adds 45 Advisors in Q2

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2012

  Independent Financial Partners now has close to 500 advisors, including new independent reps from Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and other firms.

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  New Hire Roundup: Christian Named FiNet President

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 6, 2012

  This week in new hires, Kent Christian was named the new president of FiNet; BlackRock named Mark Howard-Johnson head of global real estate securities management; and Ross Hikida became a member of AARM Corp.’s board.