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Baird Nabs Morgan Stanley, UBS Advisors; Securities America Expands Recruiting Group
By Janet LevauxThe new Baird teams come on board with some $800 million in client assets under management in Minnesota and Tennessee.
May 13, 2013
Obamacare may cost cancer patientsMore people might have access to health care with PPACA, but can they actually afford it?
May 10, 2013
Advisors Mulling a Move Should Check the Elephant in the RoomConversations about career transitions tend to focus on the advantages of making a move while ignoring the risks of moving, Cetera says.
May 09, 2013
Best Full-Service Investment Firms Ranked by Investors: J.D. Power—2013The satisfaction scores of some BDs is lower than might be expected based on reported performance alone, according to J.D. Power.
May 09, 2013
Advisors More Likely to Switch Firms With Family’s ApprovalMemo to recruiters: A focus on the financial advantages of switching firms may ultimately be less effective than demonstrating how a move might improve the advisors work-life balance.
May 09, 2013
Video: LeRoy Carhart says he’ll perform “purely elective” abortions on healthy viable babies in MarylandHe says he draws the line at 24 weeks but was caught on camera saying something completely different.
May 08, 2013
Is Schwab’s Arbitration Win Really a Loss?There's much backlash in Washington over Schwab's successful rebuttal of a FINRA challenge to its expanded mandatory arbitration clause.
May 07, 2013
Advisor headcount to decline through 2016A study pegs the number of advisors in 2016 at 298,000, down from an estimated 309,000 at year-end 2012.