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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.
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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?
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Registered Rep. February 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Clients, The New Breakaways First, there was the breakaway broker phenomenon; now, it seems, we have a growing vogue of breakaway clients -- former wirehouse investors who ditch their old advisors for new ones at independent RIAs or broker/dealers.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2011 Diana Britton	America's Top Independent Brokerages The Merrills and Morgan Stanleys of the world say it was never an exodus, the migration is over, and it was only those advisors who couldn't make it in the cutthroat wirehouse world who crossed over to the independent side of the business.
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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.
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Registered Rep. March 5, 2012 Diana Britton	Your Broker/Dealer May Be Headed for Divorce As independent broker/dealers continue to consolidate and the search for profitability accelerates, some firms may be considering going self-clearing, analysts and industry executives say.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Raymond Fazzi	Disclose, Baby, Disclose Firms such as Schwab, Fidelity, LPL and Raymond James have made no secret of their desire to take advantage of the distress on Wall Street by luring top producers from Merrill Lynch and other troubled wirehouses.
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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.
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Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	What Can We Do For You? Clearing firms matter to advisors. In fact, one of the biggest deals in the independent b/d business last year hinged on whether the b/ds being sold could maintain their relationships with their old clearing firm.
Financial Advisor April 2009 David Lawrence	Migratory Patterns Advisors who want to move to the independent world should spend a lot of time planning the transition.
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Investment Advisor December 2005 Melanie Waddell	Breaking Away Brokers are finding it easier than ever to go independent, aided by custodians and other independent advisors.
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