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Registered Rep. September 20, 2013 Diana Britton	RIA Margins Continue to Suffer Last year was a relatively good year for the markets; the S&P 500 was up 16 percent. Yet profit margins at registered investment advisor firms continue to fall, according to WealthManagement.com's 2013 AdvisorBenchmarking RIA Trend Report
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Registered Rep. October 31, 2014	Advisor Views on Alternatives While 70 percent of advisors recommend some form of alternative products to their clients, it's a select group.
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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.
Registered Rep. February 18, 2009 Halah Touryalai	LPL's New RIA Offering Lookin' Healthy; But Still A Pipsqueak Compared To Rivals There are some folks in the industry actually doing relatively well these days. Seriously. LPL Financial said today its new-ish RIA platform now has over $1 billion in new assets.
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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.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Maya Ivanova	A Victim of Success? A recent survey of registered investment advisors reports that while advisors recognize that marketing is a key component of their business, few devote enough time to this vital activity.
Registered Rep. September 30, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled.
Financial Advisor March 2012	In Advisors We Trust At a time when John Q. Public views the nation's financial and political systems with high levels of cynicism and distrust, a recent survey of investors' trust in institutions and individuals found that people think highly of their financial advisors.
Registered Rep. January 22, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Advisor Industry Shrinks While Assets Continue to Grow A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that the industry shrank 1.9 percent to 287,119 advisors in 2013. Asset levels, however, are on the rise.
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Registered Rep. June 30, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly.
Registered Rep. June 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Schwab Cuts Some Fees for 2009 In an effort to ease the financial pain of its registered investment advisors, Charles Schwab has announced a series of initiatives that will save them money.
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Registered Rep. September 10, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough.
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Investment Advisor November 2009 James J. Green	Advisors Need to Think More Broadly, Act More Creatively In the tenth iteration of the Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking study lessons from the crisis can be gleaned.
Registered Rep. May 14, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	LPL Incentivizes Hybrid RIAs to Bring Assets Over LPL Financial is offering its hybrid advisors up to $100,000 to shift their assets held elsewhere to LPL's advisory platforms, according to an internal communication sent to advisors Wednesday.
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Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Social Value A joint study of 144 registered investment advisors by Pershing Advisor Solutions and Aite Group offers evidence that social media is more than an afterthought for advisors. Instead, it's a useful tool for reaching potential customers.