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Wall Street & Technology November 21, 2006 Cory Levine	Inefficient Efforts: Firms Look to Break Down Their Isolated Compliance Processes Industry solution providers are coming up with new ways to unify compliance efforts across the organization, bringing efficiencies and benefits to the business from widely maligned regulatory mandates.
Registered Rep. December 9, 2003 Will Leitch	Raymond James Audits Itself In the wake of last week's news that regulators have recommended "enforcement action" against Raymond James Financial for failure to offer clients breakpoints, the Florida-based brokerage has called for an all-hands-on-deck audit of its mutual fund trading.
Wall Street & Technology November 17, 2003 Larry Tabb	Doing the Right Thing: A Regulatory Rant Quattrone, Grasso, laddering, conflict-of-interest, front-running, late trading, hedge-fund investigations... Will this ever end? We had better clean up our act, or risk the regulators doing it for us, or worse, risk a loss of financial-markets confidence.
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Bank Technology News February 2009 Brian Longe	Customer Satisfaction Begins with a Single Compliance Solution Using a single technology platform to handle all of its compliance needs allows a bank to open new accounts and complete transactions more quickly through the solution's common database structure.
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Registered Rep. August 29, 2014 Diana Britton	One Strike, You're Out When it comes to the world of independent broker/dealers, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is cracking down. Its stated 2014 priority is to focus its regulatory firepower on "high-risk" brokers.
Wall Street & Technology November 18, 2005 Maria Wakem	E-Mail Contention While most financial services firms are now compliant with SEC e-mail retention rules, the problem of selecting the best technology for the job still persists and is largely due to confusion among compliance and IT departments regarding what needs to be accomplished.
Registered Rep. April 24, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Raymond James Takes a 2Q Hit -- But Gains Retail Advisors Raymond James Financial posted dismal overall earnings for the second quarter, but its private client group appears to be a bright spot.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	Knee Deep in Regulation As part of the fallout from the latest financial crisis, bankers are wading through new layers of regulation while scanning for clearer skies ahead.
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InternetNews January 6, 2009 Drew Robb	Obama, Dems Could Mean New Compliance Regs The global financial meltdown and Democratic control of the White House and Congress will likely mean new corporate accountability regulations - and more work for storage administrators.
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Investment Advisor October 2008	Catching up with... Dick Averitt A short conversation with Dick Averitt, chairman and CEO of Raymond James Financial Services.
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Bank Systems & Technology February 22, 2007 Nancy Feig	A Happy Marriage: Finding the Right Technology Mate for Compliance Programs Banks are turning to GRC software platforms to maximize compliance technology's effectiveness and gain greater return on investment.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 John Churchill	iPods and Jobs at Raymond James Raymond James Financial Services, is handing out iPods to good recruiting prospects.
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Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Eugene A. Ludwig	Discerning the New Financial Services Landscape The former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and vice chairman of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, offers his views on what is likely to come out of upcoming reform legislation as well as areas that are far from clear.
Bank Systems & Technology June 18, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	The Financial Industry Reacts to Obama Regulatory Proposal Although most agree with the general principles outlined in the President's financial reform plan, they find several sticking points -- and IT won't be immune.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kristen French	Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Karen Donovan	No More Slap on the Wrist Regulators are getting tough and creative on registered reps because they suspect that fines aren't a strong enough deterrent to stop illegal behavior.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	A Crusade Against Indies? Regardless of whether going independent means a more regulatory scrutiny or not, advisors thinking of going out on their own need to understand just how much work such a move will entail in terms of keeping up with the ever-changing world of regulations.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Regulations Killing the Hybrid Financial Advisor? Some advisors say new compliance and regulatory burdens under Dodd-Frank are making the hybrid model untenable.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan	In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry.
U.S. Banker July 2011 Phil Angelides	Four Steps to Reinvent the Financial Industry Have we learned the lessons of the financial crisis? The answer lies somewhere between no and not enough, says the author, who is a former chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	The Great Compliance Witch Hunt! Many clean brokers jump firms, only to discover their old broker/dealer besmirched their U4s. In a business where client realtionships are at stake, things can get ugly very quickly.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Raymond Fazzi	Disclose, Baby, Disclose Firms such as Schwab, Fidelity, LPL and Raymond James have made no secret of their desire to take advantage of the distress on Wall Street by luring top producers from Merrill Lynch and other troubled wirehouses.
Investment Advisor October 2008 Bob Clark	The Real Deal MarketCounsel is focused on taking the independent advisory model to the next level.
Registered Rep. March 2, 2006 John Churchill	NASD Promotes Its Online Education Program Called the E-learning Exchange, the NASD created the online education tool for reps and firms last May in order to help securities firms head off compliance and regulatory problems before they start.
Financial Advisor March 2008 Joel Bruckenstein	Kicking It Up A Notch Tech upgrades at some of the larger independent broker-dealers.
InternetNews March 11, 2008 Judy Mottl	Enterprises Face Data Growth Explosion With forecasts of 60 percent annual increases in data through 2011, IT must cope with burgeoning storage and security needs.
Financial Advisor June 2005 Raymond Fazzi	Regulatory Challenges Top Broker-Dealer Agenda Rarely has the potential of the financial advisory business, with a huge demographic wave of baby boomers approaching retirement, looked brighter. But never has the regulatory climate been more challenging.
Financial Advisor June 2009 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Stepping It Up Broker-dealers are enhancing the technology they offer to advisors.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Auditing Your Brokers When it comes to compliance these days, the message from regulators is clear: Attention must be paid.
Financial Advisor December 2010	Frontline News RIAs Transferred To States May Get Dual Exams... Piqued By Peak Oil... The Art Of The Referral... etc.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 David Gaffen	The Broker and Brand X Syndrome The commoditization of the brokerage industry might be easier for individual reps to deal with, were they not under such intense pressure in virtually every other aspect of their professional lives.
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Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Raymond James Ramping Up Its RIA with New Leadership, Investment The new president, Bill Van Law, said the company plans to make a significant investment in the business in the months ahead.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Kristen French	Ducking the VA Storm Raymond James outlined plans to cut fees and commissions, and remove some conflicts of interest in variable annuity marketing. The broker/dealer has notified insurers that if they wish to sell on its platform they must adhere to new design requirements.
Investment Advisor May 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	B/D Briefing: Pick Three In a recent reader survey, when asked where reps would go if they were to consider moving to another B/D, three firms were consistently mentioned: Commonwealth Financial Network, LPL Financial Services and Raymond James Financial Services. Here's why.
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Investment Advisor September 2008 James J. Green	You're the Tops In a comprehensive face-to-face discussion, the leaders of the Broker/Dealers of the Year explain their firms' unique charisma and how they plan to remain at the summit of their professions.
Investment Advisor July 2008 Marlene Y. Satter	One Forward, Two Back? The Department of the Treasury released its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, which sets forth an argument for the need for change in the financial services industry.
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Registered Rep. July 22, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Raymond James Financial and Wells Fargo Retail Brokerage Units Hang In There A report on earnings from two major financial firms.
Investment Advisor January 2009 Melanie Waddell	Watch Out. Reform In on the Way As the New Year unfolds, one thing is certain: financial services regulatory reform will be hotly debated in the 111th Congress, and perhaps some reforms will actually be put into place.