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Registered Rep. March 12, 2008 Kristen French	Advisors: No Love Lost On Spitzer Eliot Spitzer, who's dramatic demise over the past few days has been covered backwards and forwards by every media outlet in the country, is not getting a lot of sympathy from the financial community.
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Registered Rep. September 30, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Melanie Waddell	Donohue on the Rand Report & Paulson SEC exec doesn't foresee a single regulator for advisors and broker/dealers.
Investment Advisor November 17, 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti	Will You Stay SEC Registered in 2011? Regulatory changes could cause confusion for advisors
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Investment Advisor November 2005 Kathleen M. McBride	Pitt Pulls No Punches At Cadaret Grant Conference Former SEC head offers practical advice to advisors.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Frances A. McMorris	Confusion Reigns Among Wirehouse Advisors On The Fiduciary Issue With all the frenzy over the call for a universal fiduciary standard for all financial and investment advisors, it appears that those in the wirehouses don't really understand the debate.
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Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger	Full Disclosure Protecting client privacy is one of the most important responsibilities of any financial advisor. And it's about to become one of the most time-consuming and highly regulated aspects of the business as well.
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Investment Advisor February 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti	When Should You Register? Should an investment advisor with $30 million of "assets under management" register with the SEC? It depends on whether the advisor has "qualifying" assets under management.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin	Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction.
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Financial Advisor October 2010 Michael Patrick Jacobs	Investors Demand More This advisor provides highlights of what he's found clients today are looking for when they seek advice.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Susan Konig	A Big Trade Off? For advisors looking for further independence through a registered investment advisory firm, compliance burdens can increase. Reps working under an independent b/d's umbrella RIA, also known as "dually registered" advisors, must comply with both NASD and SEC rules.
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Investment Advisor August 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Will the SEC Appeal? Hedge fund advisor registration has been an extremely contentious issue. Some feel there will be grave consequences for the SEC and the investing public should the House bill requiring registration be shot down.
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	Who's Afraid of Social Media? Social media compliance is a subject that elicits a range of reactions from planners, from groans to cautious, curious questions.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell	Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006	The Broker-Dealer Exemption: Good or Bad for the Investing Public? (Oy, This Still Hasn't Been Resolved?) True financial advisors -- those who hold Series 65s and Series 66s, and who are fiduciaries -- aren't too happy that Series 7-holders have been able to cast themselves as financial advisors.
Registered Rep. June 30, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly.
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger	Going for Custody As of March 12, new rules for RIAs require special (and expensive) reports and audits for custodial accounts. Are you ready?
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger	Regulation Season A look forward at the real effects of regulatory change - and they could be as unattractive as they are expensive.
Financial Advisor March 2012 Mike Byrnes	Massachusetts Addresses Social Media Regulation Results from a July 2011 survey by the Massachusetts Securities Division found a significant growth trend in advisors using social media, but also found compliance deficiencies in existing social media regulations.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2006 John Churchill	Pro Or Hourly Wage Earner? UBS Pays $89 Million to Settle Overtime Suits The settlement resolves claims that UBS incorrectly classified financial advisors and financial advisor trainees as exempt from overtime pay under federal and U.S. state laws.
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Financial Advisor October 2004 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note Back in July when the Financial Planning Association filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, many advisors could be forgiven for wondering if the FPA was losing its grip on reality.
Registered Rep. December 21, 2011 Diana Britton	Aite: Bloom Coming Off the Rose of Social Media? Financial advisors are just getting started, and already, the bloom seems to be coming off the rose, Aite Group says.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	More Than Equal A study of the role of the female financial advisor. The research compares female to male advisors and looks at the varying performance levels of women advisors.
Registered Rep. July 17, 2006 John Churchill	Research Still a Problem, NASD Fines Three Firms Fines issued to Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley are the result of the firms' failures to review and certify proper disclosure of price target valuation methods and risks, despite repeated warnings from NASD.
Financial Advisor May 2005 Lavine & Liberman	Uncertain Future The Fidelity Executive Forum raises issues about where the money management industry is headed.
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Financial Advisor December 2006 Lewis Altfest	Behavioral Financial Planning Behavioral financial planning is not so much an alternative way of looking at personal financial planning as it is a practical supplement to it. Knowing what motivates people and finding ways of improving results is what behavioral planning is all about.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Study Before Selling Your Life Insurance If you shun full-service brokers and their high commissions and fees, don't fall for a life settlement that's more in your advisor's interest than your own.
Financial Advisor May 2012 Karen DeMasters	Advisors Often Work Against Clients' Interests, Study Says Financial advisors often work against their clients' interests if it means earning more in fees, according to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.
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Investment Advisor November 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti	Confusion and Misinformation Experience has shown us that the presence of hedge clauses will not guarantee that a client will not bring a cause of action against the advisor. When it comes to hedge clauses, specificity is the order of the day.
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