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  Week’s Top Portfolio Products: AdvisorShares Launches Sustainable ETF

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 25, 2012

  New products introduced over the last week include a new sustainable ETF from AdvisorShares and Philippe Cousteau and a covered bond ETF from ProShares.

• Major Firms See Assets, Fees Rise in Q1 ‘12 But Post Mixed Results for FA Headcounts

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2012

• Can ETNs Be Trusted?

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  May 24, 2012

  Although the $17 billion exchange-traded note (ETN) market represents less than 2% of the trillion dollar ETP universe, it’s been making a lot of noise.

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  Morgan Stanley Adds Reps From UBS, Credit Suisse

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  A UBS team joins with about $1.3 million in production; an ex-Credit Suisse advisor comes on board with roughly $1.6 million of trailing 12.

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  Raymond James Rolls Out New Advisor Software at Confab

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2012

  At the Raymond James conference, Scott Curtis took the helm as leader of RJ's independent-contractor channel while other executives unveiled the company's new desktop system.

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  How to Buy Facebook Without All the Risk

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2012

  As demand skyrockets for Facebook’s new shares, advisors plan to jump into this investing product that will give clients exposure to the hot social media IPO without too much volatility.

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  Morgan Stanley Grabs Merrill, UBS Reps; Raymond James Snags MSSB Team

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2012

  Meanwhile, Wells Fargo adds advisors from Edward Jones, Merrill Lynch and other firms, and Barclays recruits several advisors from Deutsche Bank and Merrill.

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  5 Best & Worst Advisor Partner Firms: Q1 Earnings

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2012

  The wirehouses, top IBDs and associated players serving advisors had their earnings fall as much as 718% and improve up to 13% in Q1—AdvisorOne selected 10 to spotlight.

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  Morgan Stanley Grabs Three Teams, Loses 1 Advisor

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2012

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney adds two traditional advisor teams and an institutional-consulting group, as one of its advisors departs for Raymond James.

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  John Peluso: The 2012 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 4, 2012

  It probably would have been easier just to ask John Peluso what he hasn’t done during his tenure at Wells Fargo.