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  Milevsky’s VA Shocker: Turn on Your Living Benefit, Now

  By Moshe A. Milevsky  |  February 22, 2013

  Advisors ask me whether clients should “hurry up”—in light of the declining richness of GLB riders—and add money to VAs they already own, before it is too late. My answer will not be what you expected.

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  10 Worst Districts for Women’s Pay Revealed; Senators Push Paycheck Fairness Act

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 30, 2013

  Senate democrats gathered on Capitol Hill Wednesday to push for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would help close the pay gap between women and men working equivalent jobs.

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  Folio Investing’s Target Date Folios Outperform Traditional Target-Date Funds

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 28, 2013

  Steven Wallman, founder and CEO of Folio, says investors “deserve better” than traditional target-date funds.

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  Spire Investment Partners Adds Chamberlain Group in West Coast Expansion

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  RIA Spire Investment Partners, headquartered in McLean, Va., has expanded to the West Coast with the addition of the Chamberlain Group of Irvine, Calif.

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  SEC, FINRA Enforcement Roundup: Shareholder Suit Against UBS Reinstated

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

  In recent enforcement news, an appeals court reinstated a suit against UBS subsidiaries by two Puerto Rico-based pension funds over a $757 million bond purchase.

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  Securities America Adds 30 Eagle One Advisors in Second Small BD Deal in a Month

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 9, 2013

  Eagle One intends to wind down operations, and most of its advisors have moved to Securities America.

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  Top 10 States With Most & Fewest Millionaires

  By Michael S. Fischer, AdvisorOne  |  January 7, 2013

  Rankings by Phoenix Global Wealth Monitor show some surprising findings on which states have the most millionaires.

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  House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill, Averting Plunge—for Now

  By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press  |  January 2, 2013

  House passes Senate bill, 257-167, shortly before midnight, sending legislation to President Barack Obama to sign.

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  401(k) Fee Transparency: Best & Worst Providers

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  December 20, 2012

  Dalbar and Research magazine conducted an in-depth study of the new ERISA 408(b)(2) disclosure rule, providing rankings in key categories of big providers.

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  New Hire Roundup: Beale, Kayajanian Join Security Benefit; DOL Picks New ERISA Council Members

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 18, 2012

  This week in new hires, Security Benefit welcomed George Beale and Jeffrey Kayajanian, CapWealth named Phoebe Venable president and COO, and the DOL named five new ERISA Advisory Council members.