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Investment Advisor October 2008	News & Products, October 2008 The SEC announces an enforcement action against LPL Financial Corp... ING Advisors Network announced a reorganization... Ameriprise Financial has signed an agreement to acquire H&R Block Financial Advisors... etc.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	The Indie Man An interview with John Simmers, CEO of ING Advisors Network, about his multiple duties, including issues facing his firm and others like it, as well as recent attacks on the NASD's credibility as a voice for small firms.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	FINRA Interim Board The newly combined NASD-NYSE regulatory agency, announced the appointment of a 23-member Interim Board of Governors.
Investment Advisor March 2008 James J. Green	Coming Out Party Only fours years after its inception, the Financial Services Institute has achieved a high level of success as the primary advocacy group for independent broker/dealers. The recent FSI gathering was the broker/dealer group's biggest ever.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	An Independent Voice The Financial Services Institute kicked off its annual conference at Disney World with the group's new chair, John Simmers, CEO of ING Advisors Network, introducing an ambitious agenda for 2007.
Investment Advisor April 2010 James J. Green	Broker/Dealer Briefing: Cetera Ready to Grow Former Ing Broker/Dealers Are Committed to the new Cetera Financial Hybrid Model.
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo	Financial Advisor's 2007 Broker-Dealer Guide Top independent broker-dealers ranked by gross revenue: LPL... AIG Advisors Group... ING Advisors Network... etc.
Investment Advisor February 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	A Matter of Life and Health For many advisors who are affiliated with independent broker/dealers and either running, or employed by, a small business, health insurance coverage can be expensive and sometimes elusive. That may be changing.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	Interesting Times Independent broker/dealers find opportunity in the face of changing winds.
Financial Advisor September 2012 Jim McConville	Veteran Industry Group Going After Small To Midsize B-D, Hybrid Markets Calton & Associates Inc. has been acquired by a group of executives, spearheaded by independent brokerage veteran John Simmers, that plans to use the firm as a launching pad for serving the small to midsize independent broker-dealer and hybrid investment advisor market.
Investment Advisor March 2007 James J. Green	Silver Lining Despite the silver lining benefits, the financial advisor community can't just react to regulators and legislators. It must be proactive.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Namita Devidayal	The Not-So-Quiet Company In grammatical terms, a word with the letters ING at the end is a gerund, a verb masquerading as a noun. Fitting, then, that the Dutch financial services firm that goes by those letters would have a mysterious side.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Jonathan Henschen	Transfer Time For advisors pondering a move from a wirehouse to an independent broker/dealer with visions of large, forgivable transition loans dancing in their heads, it's time for a reality check.
Investment Advisor May 2007	Changes ING announced that Randall Ciccati, president and CEO of PrimeVest Financial Services, replaced Valerie Brown... Jeffrey Kleintop has joined LPL Financial Services as senior VP... etc.
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.
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 Planning September 1, 2007 Bob Veres	The Dual Reality The FSI and independent broker-dealer community have become pivotal voices in the profession. What they see in the future might surprise you.
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
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.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Lauren Barack	Streamlining Broker/dealers are aiming for a one-click model for their technology platforms.
Investment Advisor October 2007 K. McBride & K. Stapleton	Birds of a Feather More than ever, the professional associations that cater to financial planners and advisors are having a meaningful impact outside the planning community itself, among consumers, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill.
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell	Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas.
Investment Advisor May 2010 James J. Green	Retirement Planning: ING Back Into Retirement Merges units, rolls out new VA, names CEO.
Registered Rep. February 8, 2012 Diana Britton	Consolidation 2012: Lincoln Scoops Up Capital Analysts for HNW Foothold Lincoln Investment Planning, an independent broker/dealer in Philadelphia, announced it will acquire independent broker-dealer Capital Analysts from insurance firm Western & Southern Financial Group.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton	Breaking Out: A New Era in Insurance Insurance firms constantly go through cycles of acquisition and sale when it comes to their broker/dealer subsidiaries. But the current sell cycle is different, and it may shake up how the business works.
Insurance & Technology August 19, 2010 Katherine Burger	ING Insurance U.S. Names New CIO Gary Baxter - previously from head of IT, ING U.S. Retirement Services, ING Individual Retirement, and company's closed block of business - will oversee technology investments and IT operations across all U.S. business lines.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	News & Products NASD has fined two Fidelity broker/dealers for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature... The broker/dealers of ING plan to lower fees that their advisors pay on two core advisory programs... etc.
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Jennifer A. Liptow	On the Job Who's going where, when: Stuart Rogers has been named senior vice president of corporate... John Kennedy has joined New York-based AXA Distributors as senior vice president... etc.
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.
Registered Rep. December 2, 2011 Diana Britton	Mid-Sized IBD Shifts Into Growth Mode Tampa, Fla.-based Calton & Associates, an independent broker/dealer with over $2 billion in assets, has recently ramped up its marketing and recruiting efforts after flying under the radar for the last 25 years.
Registered Rep. November 3, 2009 Halah Touryalai	ING Broker-Dealers Sold to Private Equity Firm The anticipated sale of the ING broker/dealer network is official -- the struggling Dutch parent company shed the three independent firms to a private equity firm for an undisclosed amount.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006	Comings & Goings ING has named Catherine Bonneau chief operating officer of its independent broker/dealer... Robert Finn has joined Piper Jaffray as an advisor... Philip Horn and Mark Lindee, each with $125 million in client assets, have recently joined Wachovia... etc.
Investment Advisor May 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	Exemption Vacation "To be, or not to be?" a fiduciary is the question of the hour for broker/dealers.
Investment Advisor May 2006	Making the Future Happen The 25 most influential people in and around the investment advisory profession: Ron Roge... Dick Averitt... Tony Batman... Ben Bernanke... etc.
Insurance & Technology February 1, 2006 Maria Woehr	Convenience is Key Here is an interview with ING's COO on how technology supports all lines of business by providing convenience to ING's 200,000 points of distribution, including insurance agents, brokerage firms and third-party administrators.
Registered Rep. January 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai	At Independent B/D Confab, Optimism and Skepticism The head of the Financial Services Industry Institute is feeling a little more comfortable with regulators. But, on the other hand, the chairman of the FSI also warns that the combining of the NYSE and NASD might create a power struggle among "second-level" regulatory staffers.
Investment Advisor October 2008 James J. Green	When Big Is Better Larry Roth, CEO of the AIG Advisor Group, believes that in these troubled times, being big is quite an advantage.
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.
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Financial Advisor May 2006 Tracey Longo	What Have You Done For Me Lately? The race is on among independent broker-dealers to recruit more top fee-based advisors.
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Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall	Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change.