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  New Hire Roundup: Focus Financial Adds Five

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 10, 2013

  This week in new hires, Focus Financial announced five new hires, JHS Capital welcomed Mark Palsson, and Eric Falkeis became president and COO of Direxion.

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  Recruiting Roundup: Baird Grabs Wells FAs, UBS Branch Manager; Royal Adds 2 Indie Groups

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 9, 2013

  The new Baird group has about $770 million in client assets, and the new Royal Alliance-affiliated reps have more than $400 million.

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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.

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  JPMorgan Tops M&A Charts for Q1

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 4, 2013

  BofA comes in third as Morgan Stanley sees its mergers business drop, according to Mergermarket.

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  Top Posts at Broker-Dealers See Big Changes

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2013

  LPL, Morgan Stanley and Raymond James all announced big moves recently.

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  SEC Approves Nasdaq’s $62 Million Facebook Settlement

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2013

  The SEC approved a plan on Monday for Nasdaq to pay customers as much as $62 million for losses stemming from last year's controversial Facebook IPO.

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  Freddie Mac Sues Big Banks Over LIBOR

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2013

  Government-owned Freddie Mac accuses the banks, including Bank of America, of acting collectively to hold down the U.S. dollar LIBOR.

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  TD Ameritrade Grabs Ex-LPL Recruiter

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2013

  Scott Collins will lead recruiting of hybrid and fee-only RIAs. Meanwhile, Wells Fargo says it has added 27 advisors this year, and Morgan Stanley brings in three from UBS.

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  Wirehouses Embrace FINRA Broker Bonus Plan

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 14, 2013

  Three wirehouses have given their OK to FINRA’s plan to require that brokers’ recruitment packages be disclosed when they switch firms.

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  Raymond James Names Campagnoli Chief of IT

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 7, 2013

  The veteran tech expert will now lead tech operations across the financial-services firm.