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Staples seeks to get more involved in securities regulation.
RIAs continue to surge while full-service brokerage firms sputter
New partnership has $400 million in assets, more than 200 clients.
Trade group calls for review of B-D and exchange regulatory structures.
Catching up with Mark Casady at the firm's annual adviser conference.
Access to PE, real estate, hedge funds, managed futures and alternative mutual funds coming next month.
Former CFP Board chairman Alan Goldfarb says he'll be getting a public scolding for his pay disclosure and argues the board didn't give him impartial treatment. <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20121102/FREE/121109991">How it all started</a>
The $7.5 million fine against LPL Financial last week for e-mail violations is the largest ever brought by Finra just for e-mail violations. Warning: it's the latest example of the regulator's stepped-up enforcement effort in this area.