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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.
On Wall Street October 1, 2010 Schroeder & Dutton	November Elections Put Tax Cut Extensions On Hold Market participants warn that it's unlikely that federal lawmakers will take action on proposals to extend expiring tax programs or keep income tax cuts in place for the middle class before the November elections.
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Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Brooke Southall	RIA Power Registered investment advisory firms are bringing in more assets these days than are wirehouse brokerage firms.
Registered Rep. January 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai	LPL's New RIA Platform Rakes in Assets Since launching the platform in October 2008 through the end of 2009, the firm gathered $7.3 billion in assets.
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Registered Rep. November 5, 2012 Lena Rizkallah	The View from the Fiscal Cliff Say goodbye to some taxe cuts and incentives that will likely expire in 2013.
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Investment Advisor August 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Head South, Investors! Fund managers are demonstrating some fatigue with Asian markets and appear to be rotating into other regions, especially Latin America, where relative value may be more appealing, according to a survey.
Financial Advisor June 2008	Frontline News News: As the number of financial advisory players shrinks, recruiting intensifies... Pomering to run Moss Adams' RIA unit... Pershing advisor solutions sets exec committee... Larger taxable distributions on mutual funds... etc.
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Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad	Advisor Pulse The registered investment advisor market continues to add assets at a hefty rate.
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Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Money Managers Don't Get RIA Market A large number of money managers still haven't figured out how to tap the registered investment advisor market to sell their funds, according to research.
Registered Rep. October 15, 2010 Charles Paikert	Schwab's Advisor Services Results Beg the Question: Has the Breakaway Brokerage Phenomenon Peaked? Has the great diaspora of breakaway brokers to Independence Land -- either independent b/ds or RIAs -- climaxed?
Registered Rep. April 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Compensation Key To Breakaway Recruiting Pitch RIA principals and consultants discuss strategies for wooing and hiring advisors from various different kinds of firms.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien	Millionaires Ahoy! Independent advisors who are looking to snag more millionaire clients should focus their efforts on prospects who do not already have a registered investment advisor, according to a new study by Fidelity Investments.
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Jonathan Beatty	Joining Forces Does your firm have the human resources infrastructure to recruit and integrate a new advisor or team of advisors?
Registered Rep. February 2, 2011 Diana Britton	RIA M&A Hits Record in 2010, More To Come In 2011 Registered investment advisory firms were furiously busy getting hitched last year: they did the highest number of merger and acquisition deals recorded in at least seven years.
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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?
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Jonathan Berr	Shaky Times For Munis Depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on an obscure point of tax law in its next session, the normally sleepy municipal bond market could be turned upside-down.
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Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Happy Mediums Online brokerage giants are taking market share from almost every segment of the financial advisory business - except for RIAs.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Kristen French	60 Seconds with Deborah Doyle McWhinney A short interview about the rivalry between the registered investment advisor (RIA) firms that Schwab caters to and Wall Street wirehouses.
Registered Rep. March 5, 2010 Kristen French	Washington Not Swayed By Mainstream Media On Fiduciary Standard. What About Clients? Will all the media attention influence brokerage clients? Many have already been migrating to investment advisers who act as fiduciaries on the RIA side of the business.
Investment Advisor October 2005 Kathleen M. McBride	Relief Pitcher How do you spell relief from the alternative minimum tax? Try the Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund, a fund that provides strong returns largely free of the AMT heartburn.
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On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Nick Georgis	Taking The Hybrid Road As more advisors transition to independence these days, a growing number of them are choosing to adopt a hybrid business model that lets them conduct both commission-based brokerage business and fee-based advisory business. For many advisors, the hybrid road may offer the best of both worlds.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005	A Hit with the Rich The percentage of high-net-worth households naming a registered investment advisor (RIA) as their primary advisor rose to 46% in 2004 from 30 percent in 2001. The growth came at the expense of the wirehouses.
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BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 Chris Farrell	A Comeback for Munis Despite yawning state and local budget deficits, tax-sensitive investors are piling into municipal bonds.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 David A. Geracioti	Outgrowing the Series 7? Registered investment advisors must take the Series 65 exam. As the line between brokers and financial advisors blurs, what responsibilities do brokers that dispense advice and collect a fee based on assets have?
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