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  New Hire Roundup: Hatteras Promotes Murphy

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 22, 2012

  This week in new hires, Robert Murphy was named CIO of Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds; Steven Lofquist went to JHS Capital Advisors; and Franklin Square welcomed Mike Gerber.

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  New Hire Roundup: Tiger 21 Names Garella San Francisco Chairwoman

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 8, 2012

  This week in new hires, Tiger 21 named Julie Garella chairwoman of its San Francisco group, Eagle Asset Management brought in four new portfolio managers in Vermont, and Steven Young went to Citi Private Bank.

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  Why Entrepreneurs Love Dallas and Hate L.A.

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2012

  A survey conducted by Thumbtack, a website that helps consumers get bids from local handymen, yoga instructors and even financial advisors, provides data from local entrepreneurs themselves.

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  10 Worst Tax States for Small Business

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2012

  “All taxes matter, whether imposed at the federal, state or local level of government,” says SBE Chief Economist Raymond Keating in his introduction to the 2012 small business tax report.

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  BLS Issues First Green Jobs Report

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 23, 2012

  Data show that there are 3.1 million green jobs in the U.S., making up about 2% of the total.

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  Former SEC Compliance Chief, State Securities Regulator Hit Compliance Hot Buttons

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 27, 2012

  At the FSI OneVoice 2012 conference in Orlando, a panel including John Cronin, securities director for the state of Vermont, and former SEC official John Walsh, focus on the recently announced joint SEC-FINRA effort to examine BD branches.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Granite Launches Value Fund, Knight Capital Adds Two Astor ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 27, 2011

  New products introduced over the last week include a new value fund from Granite Investment Advisors and two new ETF mutual funds from Knight Capital; the adoption of a FTSE benchmark by Vanguard for one of its funds; and the addition of more tools to its active trading platform by...

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  Top 5 Aggressive Growth Mutual Funds

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 21, 2011

  Like food and oxygen, aggressive growth is something to which few investors would say no, especially in the current volatile market. If only it wasn’t accompanied by that nasty downside risk.

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  Top 10 Smartest States for Financial IQ

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian and Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2011

  A study by the nonpartisan EBRI shows the difference in financial literacy and behavior for each state. To determine which states had the highest financial IQ, AdvisorOne added each states’ ranking in the two categories and, like golf, the lower scores won.

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  More Fannie and Freddie Trouble as Loan Delinquencies Show Surprising Rise

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 9, 2011

  Loan delinquencies are on the rise again for the first time since the end of 2009, an ominous sign for a housing market that has yet to gain its footing in a battered economy.