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Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca	Oh, the Drama The broker-dealers who spoke to Financial Planning in this year's annual survey are busy negotiating the downturn by improving their infrastructure, expanding through recruitment and eyeing an economic rebound.
Financial Advisor June 2005 Raymond Fazzi	Regulatory Challenges Top Broker-Dealer Agenda Rarely has the potential of the financial advisory business, with a huge demographic wave of baby boomers approaching retirement, looked brighter. But never has the regulatory climate been more challenging.
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Juliette Fairley	FP50: Angst Over Compliance As financial advisory firms struggle to manage a raft of new regulations, they are banding together to rein in the rule-makers.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	FP50: Behind the Numbers Revenues among the top 50 broker-dealers soared, costs fell and reps took home more money than ever. But the biggest winners in this year's survey were fee-based products.
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca	Survivor Island Firms that endured the worst of the financial crisis and lived to tell about it.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Philip Palaveev	Be Careful What You Wish For Understanding the advisor and independent broker-dealer relationship.
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Scott Wenger	Help Wanted The rising tide of the markets lifted virtually all boats among independent broker-dealers last year -- at least 82% of the firms in our 26th annual FP50 Survey reported revenue growth. Great time to have been looking for a job as an advisor, right?
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Brian D. Murphy	Mailbox Letter to the editor: The president of Woodbury Financial responds to the publication's broker-dealer survey.
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Financial Planning September 1, 2006 David Spinar	Even the Playing Field Congress needs to standardize the regulations for investment advisors and broker-dealers.
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo	Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc.
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Financial Planning June 1, 2013 Ann Marsh	FP50: Big IBDs Hit a Speed Bump Is the boom over? After years of double-digit growth, independent broker-dealers hit a rough patch in 2012. We report from the front lines of the FP50.
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Financial Planning June 1, 2013	How the FP50 List Was Compiled The results of Financial Planning's 28th annual survey of independent broker-dealers are based on data provided by 78 participating firms.
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Joshua Weinberger	FP50: The CEOs Speak Executives from eight of the leading broker-dealers speak out about industry issues.
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Registered Rep. March 23, 2012 Diana Britton	Amid Hartford Split, Woodbury's 1,600 Reps Face Tough Choice The Hartford announced plans to sell its life insurance and retirement businesses, as well as Woodbury Financial Services, the firm's independent broker/dealer, leaving Woodbury's 1,600 reps faced with the tough choice: Find another broker/dealer or stick around and see who the new owners will be.
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Financial Advisor August 2006 Tracey Longo	Late Summer Recruiting While the recruiting party will get tougher some day for broker-dealers who cater to independent advisors and reps, for now they are enjoying their competitive advantage: They give brokers and advisors who want to own their own business the chance to do that.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn	FP50: Pressure Points It's a great time to be in financial services. But broker-dealers' challenges are growing as fast as their opportunities.
Financial Advisor January 2006 Tracey Longo	Working Smarter, Not Harder As more independent broker-dealers set themselves up as strategic outsourcing partners, they are finding bigger and better firms driven to their door by stagnant or shrinking profit margins and the accelerating compliance melee.
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Chris Taylor	FP50: The Latest Lure? Training. How four broker-dealers are relying on support services to compete for business.
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Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Kathy Gevlin	White Paper Almost all of the RIAs surveyed in this poll believe that the new SEC broker-dealer exemption rule, which allows broker-dealers to offer fee-based investment advice without complying with the fiduciary and disclosure standards of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is harmful to investors.
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 Scott Wenger	Looking to the Future: Securities America Wants to be a Leader in Retirement Income Distribution The author has a question and answer session with Securities America CEO Jim Nagengast
On Wall Street July 1, 2012 Donald Jay Korn	Ranking Wirehouses, Regionals Working the Employee Advisor Business A recent report from Cerulli Associates criticized the wirehouses for focusing on higher net worth clients. The result was that these firms were giving away the middle market (investors with $100,000 to $500,000 of assets to invest) to competitors.
On Wall Street March 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	A Uniform Fiduciary Standard May Reduce Investment Choices The fallout from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent recommendation of a uniform fiduciary standard rolls on. As dates for hearings hang in the air, so do the possible effects on the wealth management industry.
Financial Advisor October 2005 Chris Radford	Practice Management: What The Survey Doesn't Say Because there are no surefire business plans for success, it takes a unique combination for each financial advisor to find the "x-factor" -- that intangible number in every business opportunity that equals ultimate success.
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 David J. Drucker	Fee-Based Confusion Cambridge, Commonwealth and Securities America aren't your father's broker-dealers. Although they count reps of all compensation stripes within their ranks, they're clearly leading the new generation to a more professional business model.
Financial Advisor June 2008	Advisor Emporium News: National Financial Launches Self-Clearing Unit... Payden & Rygel Create Equity Fund... Phoenix Creates Low-Cost Annuity... Russell Launches New Fund For Retirees... Wasatch Advisors Re-opens Popular Funds... ALPS Launches New Insurance Products...
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Stacy Shultz	Lookin' Good, Broker Dealers As baby boomers approach retirement, some believe there could be no better time to be in the financial services industry.
Financial Advisor August 2004 Tracey Longo	All Aboard Planners and advisors continue to switch independent broker-dealers.
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Investment Advisor June 1, 2011 John Sullivan	2011 Investment Advisor Broker-Dealer Reference Guide A list of the top broker-dealers in each of the categories that matter most.
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Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	The United Way The FPA's unexpected victory could pave the way to new regulations that cover both brokers and investment advisors.