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	<title>COGENT Thoughts &#187; Merrill Lynch</title>
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		<title>Migration and Satisfaction among Wirehouse Advisors Reverses Course</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an ironic turn of events, National distributors are the biggest beneficiaries of the 15% increase in advisor
satisfaction reported in the 2010 Advisor Brandscape. Last year, wirehouse reps were the least-satisfied group
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		<title>Financial Services Firms Stumped by the Retirement Income Dilemma</title>
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		<title>2009: A good year for Mega Firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The distributor landscape was changed forever in late 2008 and early 2009 with the acquisition and merger activity of industry heavyweights including Merrill/Banc of America, Wells Fargo/Wachovia Securities, and Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney. Indeed, for industry followers, the mergers of traditional banks with Wall Street brokerage and wealth management firms are likely to cause the extinction [...]]]></description>
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