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Investment Advisor June 2008 Philip Palaveev	The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive.
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.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Regulations Killing the Hybrid Financial Advisor? Some advisors say new compliance and regulatory burdens under Dodd-Frank are making the hybrid model untenable.
Registered Rep. March 6, 2014 Diana Britton	Independent Channels Continue to Steal from Wirehouses RIA and dually registered advisory channels will grow their share of the advised assets to 26 percent by 2016, according to a report by Cerulli Associates. That growth will largely come at the expense of the wirehouse channel.
Registered Rep. May 5, 2008	LPL Financial Heats Up The RIA World The largest independent broker/dealer in the U.S. announced today it's going to launch an RIA custodian later this year, which will serve both hybrid and fee-only investment advisors who operate independent RIAs.
Registered Rep. July 29, 2013 Diana Britton	No Man Is an Island Independent broker/dealers are dressing up their offerings to attract and retain advisors tempted to start their own RIAs.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Philip Palaveev	B/D or RIA? How to Decide for Yourself To help make the decision between the registered independent advisor and broker/dealer approach, first ask yourself where you belong.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Melanie Waddell	Striking While the Iron Is Hot Under the direction of Ron Fiske, Fidelity's HybridOne platform aims to serve the booming dually registered market.
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Investment Advisor September 2008 Bob Clark	Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Anne Field	The Metamorphosis If you are ready to go out on your own as a registered investment advisor, you're likely to encounter a host of tricky problems and stumbling blocks. Here's a look at five of those problems and what you can do about them.
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Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	Going All the Way Across the country, registered rep employees of national broker/dealers daydream of chucking it all and going off on their own. But how far do you go? Which is the best model for keeping the most of what your business generates?
Investment Advisor June 2008 Kara P. Stapleton	Power of the Platform LPL will build a custodial offering for its own -- and outside -- RIAs.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2004 John Churchill	If You're a Broker and You Know It As the holiday season approaches, the SEC is getting daily entreaties from registered investment advisors seeking an end to the broker/dealer exemption rule.
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Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients.
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Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kristen French	Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so.
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Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 John Churchill	Fix Advisor Laws! Laws should reflect the fact that the differences between registered reps and registered investment advisors have largely evaporated.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Eric Schwartz	B/D or RIA? The Case for the Flexible B/D How independent broker/dealers and advisors can thrive by leveraging the trends of the future.
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Financial Advisor November 2010 David Lawrence	Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers?
Registered Rep. February 8, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	LPL's Casady Sees Better Advisor Growth In `11 Though the firm managed to rack up strong revenue and profit growth last quarter and in fiscal 2010, it did not meet the annual recruiting target of 400 net new advisors that Casady had set.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	RIAs on the Recruiting Warpath: LPL's Morristown Financial Recruits 70 in 2010 Investors will refer their family and friends to their advisor if they're satisfied with the service. For financial practices that seek to recruit advisors, the game plays by much the same rules.
Investment Advisor November 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	Migration Time Is repapering accounts for 202(a) the last straw for wirehouse reps?
Investment Advisor July 2009 Jonathan Henschen	Broker/Dealer Briefing: Which B/D Model Works Best? Advisors typically don't have a clue as to what the profit centers are at broker/dealers and, frankly, the broker/dealers would like to keep it that way.
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Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 David A. Geracioti	What Advisors Look Like Now Here are selected highlights from a reader survey selected from wirehouses, independent broker/dealers, RIAs, financial planners, bank brokers and insurance reps that offers a pulse from this demographic on business trends.
Investment Advisor June 2009 James J. Green	Best of Times, Worst of Times Securities America and Capital Analysts have responded to the financial crisis in quite different ways. But they're also quite similar in how they're proactively changing their business models to help reps and the home office thrive
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Investment Advisor May 2009 James J. Green	Pershing Service for RIAs at B/Ds Pershing LLC introduces a new service for its affiliated broker/dealer firms called RIA Complete.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Turf Wars Over Advice The age-old debate between the b/d and investment advisor (RIA) industries over who should be able to provide advice and when, and whose regulatory regime offers better investor protections, is far from over.
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.
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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. February 1, 2005 Pam Black	Why More Reps Are Getting Their Kicks on Route 66 What's driving top reps to Series 66 RIA designation is not regulatory rules. It's changes in the wirehouse environment that, newly minted RIAs say, made it harder for them to do their own thing.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Kevin Burke	RIAs and Their Fat Payouts Registered investment advisors continue to take home fatter paychecks than their counterparts at regionals and wirehouses, even after factoring in the RIAs' higher overhead.
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