LPL Launches Career Match Service

LPL Financial Services has launched LPL Career Match, a new online service to help its representatives find qualified candidates to join their branches.

The service enables LPL representatives to post jobs for 12 months at a time on www.JoinLPL.com, a Web site that receives more than 750,000 visits a year. Potential reps visiting the site can then search by location for careers with existing LPL offices and apply online.

LPL‚s branch development department pre-screens potential applicants for product mix and business type, runs regulatory and credit checks, and provides LPL representatives with a list of pre-qualified candidates to interview.

Once they‚ve posted a job, LPL representatives can either check back to monitor the activity on their ad electronically or simply wait for Branch Development to supply them with their list of pre-screened, qualified applicants.

LPL Financial Services, headquartered in Boston and San Diego, provides services and support to more than 4,600 investment professionals in 2,200 branch offices in the United States. For more information about

LPL,visit http://www.joinlpl.com or call (888) 564-6575, ext. 6555.

Nationwide Fee Option

Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Financial is offering a fee-based payment option to RIAs and CPAs who provide qualified retirement plans to clients for fees rather than commissions.

RIAs and CPAs can be paid based on a percentage of plan assets, a specified fee per participant or a specified fee for the plan. With this option, RIAs and CPAs can provide advice on the Retirement Resource and Retirement Advisor plans in Nationwide‚s The Best of America series without being registered reps. Visit www.nationwidefinancial.com for more information.

Level-Fee Payouts

Curian Capital of Denver is offering a new level-fee payout option for its managed accounts product.

With this option, a financial professional earns steady fee income that is billed quarterly and paid monthly for the life of the account. Curian also offers a fee advance program, which provides upfront payment on several years of fees when new client accounts are opened or existing accounts are moved to Curian. The fee advance program can help financial professionals move to a fee-based practice without loss of income. Visit www.curian.com for more information.

ADVISORport Agreement

ADVISORport of Philadelphia will provide advisory tools for broker-dealer PowellJohnson Private Asset Management in Nashville as a result of an exclusive agreement.

The ADVISORport platform will provide PowellJohnson advisors with tools to facilitate efficient client profiling, investment proposal generation, money manager and mutual fund selection, portfolio monitoring and reporting. More information is available at www.advisorport.com.

New 529 Plan

Boston-based Columbia Management Group Inc., the asset management arm of FleetBoston Financial, has launched the Columbia 529 Plan. The plan, sponsored by the state of Nevada, is offered through brokerage firms and independent advisors.

The plan offers Liberty and Columbia funds, as well as large-cap and international funds from Marsico Capital Management and OppenheimerFunds.

More information is available at www.columbia529.com.

Portfolio Analysis Software

Bullrun Financial Inc. of Princeton, N.J., has released Web-based software that allows investment advisors to monitor portfolios and provide detailed analysis and insight in real-time to clients on how and why an investment portfolio is performing in a particular way.

Bullrun Edge also provides alternatives to help improve performance. Bullrun Financial can be reached at www.bullrunfinancial.com or at (609) 912-1370.

Software Enhancements

DST Systems Inc. of Kansas City, Mo., has added new features to DST Vision, a Web-based account management tool for financial intermediaries.

The new features include a real-time asset summary, an overview of recent transactions and data export capabilities. In developing the features, a DST team solicited advisor comments about their changing needs and industry trends.

For more information, visit www.dstsystems.com.