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For all press inquiries, please send an e-mail to Jayson Hron, public relations manager, or contact 320.529.4506.Latest News
Financial Network adds Nancy Johnson Jones, Devon Borje in supervisory roles
08.31.2010Nancy Johnson Jones and Devon Borje have joined the company as chief compliance officer and chief supervisory officer, respectively. ... more
Palmer joins Cetera as national sales manager
08.24.2010In his new role, Mark Palmer will oversee all aspects of Cetera’s advisory services sales and training... more
PRIMEVEST signs Laconia Savings Bank, Saco & Biddeford
08.13.2010PRIMEVEST announced today the signing of Laconia Savings Bank (Laconia, N.J.) and Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution (Saco, Maine). ... more
PRIMEVEST signs Skowhegan Savings
07.28.2010PRIMEVEST, one of the nation's largest broker-dealers dedicated to serving financial institutions, announced today the signing of Maine-based Skowhegan... more
Susan Theder joins Cetera as Chief Marketing Officer
06.28.2010Cetera announced today the hiring of Susan Theder as the firm's chief marketing officer... more
Cetera launches advisory platform enhancement
06.18.2010Cetera recently announced the successful launch of AdvisoryOnline 2.0 to Financial Network and Multi Financial... more
Bank Investment Consultant recognizes five from PRIMEVEST among nation's top program managers
06.03.2010Bank Investment Consultant unveiled its third-annual top-20 ranking of program managers in its June 2010 issue, a list which included five from PRIMEVEST... more
Cetera CEO Valerie Brown keynotes at Women's Advisor Forum
05.27.2010Cetera CEO Valerie Brown was among the keynote speakers at SourceMedia's Women's Advisor Forum in New York City on Wednesday... more
Financial Network's Lear honored by Registered Rep.
05.17.2010Steven Lear, an independent financial advisor with Affiance Financial / Financial Network, was selected as one of 10 Outstanding Advisor Award recipients by Registered Rep. in its May 2010 issue..... more
Kevin Starkey joins Multi-Financial as Recruiting Director
05.04.2010Multi-Financial Securities Corporation announced today the hiring of Kevin Starkey as its director of recruiting. Starkey, who brings 20 years of financial services experience to Multi-Financial, will be based in Denver, CO.... more
Scattergood Joins PRIMEVEST as Community Financial Institution Director
04.01.2010PRIMEVEST Financial Services announced recently the addition of Jim Scattergood as an independent community financial institution director. Scattergood and his partners, Randy Somercik and Jon Althoff, combine for more than 50 years of financial institution-specific expertise... more
Summa Joins PRIMEVEST as Senior Vice President of Business Development
03.17.2010PRIMEVEST Financial Services (PRIMEVEST), one of the nation’s largest broker-dealers dedicated to serving financial institutions, announced today the addition of Bob Summa as senior vice president of business development for the eastern United States.... more
Three Financial Network Advisors Earn Honors from Barron's
03.10.2010Three financial advisors from Financial Network Investment Corporation (Financial Network) were selected to Barron’s recently-unveiled Top 1,000 Financial Advisor List. The honorees included Larry Carroll (Charlotte, N.C.) at No. 5 in North Carolina, Kelly Graves (Charlotte, N.C.) at No. 11 in North Carolina, and Paul Ried (Bellevue, Wash.) at No. 11 in Washington. It was the second-straight year that all three were honored by Barron’s.... more
Hubbard Ranked among Top 100 Branch Managers by On Wall Street
03.09.2010Dave Hubbard, registered principal and regional director for the Exemplar Financial Network Region of Financial Network Investment Corporation, was recently named among the Top 100 Branch Managers of 2009 by On Wall Street.... more
Quinn Joins Multi-Financial as Vice President and National Sales Manager
02.23.2010Multi-Financial Securities Corporation announced today the hiring of James (Jay) Quinn as vice president and national sales manager... more
Grist Joins Cetera
02.04.2010On the heels of our official close of sale to Lightyear, we are pleased to introduce the newest member of Cetera’s Management Team, Barnaby Grist... more
Lightyear Acquires Broker-Dealers
02.01.2010Lightyear Capital Completes Acquisition of Three Broker-Dealers from the ING Advisors Network and rebrands them Cetera Financial Group... more