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Guest Columnist Patrick Burns

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Patrick Burns: Is there really that much of difference between their branch manager's encouraging them to join a new firm versus a recruiter at a Protocol member firm's doing the same?

Why MSSB's legal hardball in Idaho could bring overdue change to the Broker Protocol

As the Broker Protocol nears its 10th birthday, the author argues that branch managers who jump ship and then recruit others deserve legal cover

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Pat Burns: FINRA has been in the red financially and the addition of thousands of new member firms with their membership fees would certainly be helpful to its bottom line.

FINRA is making dog whistle comments hinting its SRO ambitions still simmer

'Harmonization' comments by Richard Ketchum make all the talk of the group abandoning its RIA-oversight ambitions seem like bunk

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Patrick Burns: By opening the door for RIAs to have their arbitration cases held before a FINRA arbitration panel, it seems that FINRA has taken another step in its quest to become the SRO for RIAs.

Analysis: Beware of a FINRA bearing gifts for RIAs

The broker regulator takes another step towards ruling RIAs by making its arbitration process open to them

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