Donald Jay Korn

Alexander Rorke has joined Louisville-based Hilliard Lyons as senior vice president and director of public finance.

Howard Sparkman, a 17-year veteran of Morgan Keegan, has joined Wunderlich Securities in Dallas. Wunderlich opened a Private Client Group office in Dallas last year headed by Murray (Pap) Roark, another former financial advisor with Morgan Keegan.

James N. Augustine, Jr. has joined Stifel Nicolaus as COO of its Institutional Group's Fixed Income Division. Augustine, who has been with Morgan Keegan and Bear Stearns, was previously head of the Fixed Income Department at Raymond James. He was named to that post last April.

As brokers and investors are all too aware by now, IRS Form 1099-B, on which brokerage transactions are reported, has a new look this year and advisors and clients are scrambling to makes sense of it.

Peter H. Sargent explains why he chose Janney. A 20-year veteran and top producer at Merrill, Sargent boasts $250 million in client assets.

Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, says a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying stocks can help investors meet today’s expenses as well as those to come in the years ahead.

A rise in single Americans will likely result in more clients who will need someone to care for them.