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It's been more than a year since Richard Davies joined Russell Investments as Managing Director- Defined Contribution.

Edward Jones plans to add about 8,000 advisors over the next eight years. If this ambitious goal can be realized or even approached, some of the success may be due to specialized efforts to recruit and acclimate new advisors from nontraditional backgrounds.

As workers hope to prevent income shortages throughout retirement, insurers turn to new mediums to provide new advice.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro answered Paul Scott Stevens’ volley with one of her own in front of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate.

IRA expert Ed Slott answers investors’ questions about transferring stock between IRA accounts and the best way to distribute an inherited IRA to other beneficiaries.

Gurudeo “Buddy” Persaud believed the earth’s gravitational forces impacts stock prices and that, under the influence of the moon, people tend to feel more dejected and sell off securities. In return, the SEC charged him with fraud.

On June 21, 2012, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro today answered Paul Scott Stevens’ volley with one of her own in front of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate.

Despite overall declines in the wealth of high net worth individuals, some smaller countries were hotbeds for growth.

Looking for some new (and free) online tools to compare your performance to other advisors or to reach out to new clients? Here’s a good place to start. Also see: 9 Steps to Grow Your AUM With LinkedIn 7 Facebook Basics for Financial Advisors 10 Critical Social Media Tips for Advisors 10 Steps to Twitter Success for Financial Advisors

Social media platforms Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter allow advisors to build new relationships and market their firms, but success varies from platform to platform.