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James Shorris is set to return to the private sector in April after more than seven years in enforcement leadership roles at the organization.

Whose needs come first?

“What worked 5 years ago, doesn’t work today,” Peter Montoya told a packed room at Thursday’s T3 conference in Florida.

Marie Swift, the president and CEO of Impact Communications, presented to a room of advisors at the T3 Conference in Florida on how they can maximize their online presence by effectively using social media.

When it comes to web marketing, independent advisors are different from everyone else. Which means there is a good chance you have been getting bad advice. Bad advice about using the web to grow your practice.

Baird has added one advisor to its Charlotte, N.C., office, and three to its Charleston, S.C., office. All four come from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

FSC Securities Corp., based in Atlanta has already picked up more than 50 of QA3's old reps.

The app, which can be downloaded for free from Apple's App Store, is the firm's first foray into the mobile applications arena and the cornerstone of its nascent WealthCentral Mobile strategy.

Senate Banking Committee members raised a host of concerns Thursday about the state of the financial services industry as regulators grapple with a mountain of new rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.

There's a lot of passion among advisors who, I think, suspect that there will eventually be standards that don't include them.