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Registered Rep. January 16, 2004 John Churchill	NASD Charges Waddell & Reed With Violations The NASD Wednesday slapped Waddell & Reed with more than 6,700 complaints, charging that the firm systematically encouraged brokers to recommend unsuitable variable annuity exchanges to its customers.
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Registered Rep. December 20, 2005 Halah Touryalai	Broker Cleans Up Millions From Dirty Campaign Charges A broker won nearly $10 million from his former employer, Waddell & Reed, last week -- six years after first suing the broker/dealer for smearing his reputation and eight years after being fired in the wake of his testifying against the firm at an SEC hearing.
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Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton	Alternatives Going Mainstream According to data released by Cerulli Associates and Strategic Insight/SIMFUND, alternative mutual funds account for 2.8 percent of overall mutual fund assets today. But Cerulli projects they will account for 9.7 percent of all mutual fund assets in five years.
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