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Registered Rep. October 27, 2011 Kristen French	Momentum Building for Social Media Adoption in Financial Services Financial firms that are using social media are not talking about their products or engaging their customer base.
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Tweet Away It's been a struggle to get advisors to embrace social media because they don't fully recognize its business value.
Investment Advisor April 21, 2011 John Sullivan	Commonwealth Financial to Allow Rep Access to Social Media Beginning in early June of 2011, it would allow its advisors to use social media, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogs.
Registered Rep. September 19, 2011 Diana Britton	More Advisors Using, Prioritizing Social Media, Survey Says Not only are more advisors using social media for business purposes, but more are making it a priority.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2014 Megan Leonhardt	Wires Have Biggest Social Media Footprint Out of all advisors, it's those sitting at banks who are most reluctant to embrace social media -- only about one out of every five use it, a number that has not budged much from previous years.
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Lauren Barack	Morgan First On Wall Street to Crack Social Media Code Morgan Stanley is in the process of testing a pilot program that would allow its financial advisors to interact with clients and others on social media websites Twitter and LinkedIn.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Brian Hamburger	Who Will Start The Revolution? Big firms give "Big Brother" nod to social media.
Financial Advisor July 2011 David Lawrence	Learning To Socialize Integrating social media into your advisory practice takes careful evaluation to get the most from what it has to offer.
Registered Rep. October 31, 2014 Megan Leonhardt	The Lost Opportunity Despite the greater freedom and advantages using the tools can bring, only 53 percent of advisors at RIA firms are using social media for business.
On Wall Street May 1, 2010 Gerri Leder	Keeping In Touch And Getting New Business With Social Media Personal use of Facebook and business use of LinkedIn are converging, sometimes leading to new business and sometimes just rekindling relationships with acquaintances who might otherwise be lost.
Registered Rep. July 27, 2011 Diana Britton	NPH Adopts Social Media Strategy to Help Reps Connect with Clients National Planning Holdings plans to roll out a social media initiative this fall, which will allow its 3,563 reps to use Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to communicate with clients.
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Mark Astarita	Advisors Allowed To Get Social Some firms will continue to ban social media, while others will use the necessary software to allow it-just don't make a recommendation on one of the sites.
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Turning on the Charm Next month the SEC reports to Congress on its recommendations for enhancing examinations for investment advisors. FINRA, meanwhile, is trying to persuade movers and shakers on the Hill that it already has the answers.
Financial Advisor March 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Beware The Pitfalls The advantages of social media for advisors are being trumpeted loudly, but the risks are heard less.
Bank Technology News March 2010 Michael Sisk	How to Stay Online and Inbounds Combine the fast, freewheeling world of social networking sites with the conservative, highly regulated world of financial advice and the reconciliation is bound to awkward.
Financial Advisor March 2012 Gail Liberman	Social Media Hurdles Some advisors are using social media for marketing, but many haven't spent much time using it because of compliance issues.
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Investment Advisor March 2010 James J. Green	B/D News Bulletins and news of interest to broker/dealers from FINRA and the SEC.
Registered Rep. September 3, 2013 Lauren Barack	When Social Media Backfires Clueless advisors on social media can lead to embarrassment, fewer clients and even regulatory fines. Be careful out there.
Financial Advisor February 2012	Social Media Losing Some Appeal With Financial Advisors Despite the hype about the benefits social media can bring to financial advisors, most advisors don't find it very useful in their businesses.
Registered Rep. June 16, 2011 Diana Britton	Securities America Jumps on the Social Media Bandwagon Independent broker/dealer Securities America announced its new social media program, which will allow all of its 1,800 reps to access and post content on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Registered Rep. September 7, 2011 Diana Britton	Seven B/Ds Sign on With Erado for Interactive Social Media Use The partnerships will allow these firms' reps to post interactive content to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn without pre-approval by their compliance departments.
Registered Rep. December 8, 2015	2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results.
Registered Rep. March 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Social Media Works, Advisors Say Social media is gaining momentum with financial advisors, new research by Registered Rep. and wealthmanagement.com shows.
Financial Advisor July 2010 Andrew Gluck	A New Era With broker-dealers now starting to embrace social media, advisors have many more ways to market their firms.
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Ron Rhoades	An Alternative to FINRA Oversight "I expect FINRA and its allies to continue to push to extend its jurisdiction to some or all investment advisors," says Investment Adviser Association Executive Director David Tittsworth.
Investment Advisor August 2010 Marlene Y. Satter	Broker/Dealer Briefing: Facebook and Twitter: Compliance Concerns Loom As FINRA notes, social media is no longer a trivial pursuit for advisors. And as they've grown more complex, the need to consider compliance issues for all communications on social media has grown from mere prudence to a necessity.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2011 Lauren Barack	AIG's Advisor Group Kicks Open Door to Social Media For Reps Advisor Group will allow its more than 4,800 independent reps to, in many cases, post freely on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Registered Rep. March 3, 2010 Kristen French	New Social Networking Site Targets FAs LinkedFA is a new website is trying to cash in on the social networking craze and resolve some of the thorny regulatory questions that social networking sites raise for financial advisors.
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	FINRA Jockeys for SRO Spot as SEC Report to Congress Nears The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is engaged in a full-court press to convince the SEC that it should be the SRO for advisors.
Registered Rep. May 2, 2011 Kristen French	Raymond James, Commonwealth to Give FAs Free Reign on Social Media In other words, they will be able to post tweets, updates and comments that have not been pre-approved in real time.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Merrill, MSSB Invest in New Technology Wirehouse firms continue to upgrade their advisor workstation technology following the recent consolidation among firms.
Financial Advisor June 2011 Michael W. Byrnes	Social Media Networking Becomes Even More Important Whether a believer or disbeliever in the power of social media, it is important to see the trends and know how business will be impacted. This article shares three things to keep up with as the industry evolves.
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Bob Veres	Gaps of Logic FINRA has been an effective bludgeon against the small independent B-D world, creating paperwork requirements whose costs are best amortized over larger hordes of retail advisors.
Registered Rep. December 15, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	A New Role for Top MSSB FAs: Bloggers Mike Ross, a portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who oversees $500 million with a partner, now has a new role: wirehouse blogger.
Registered Rep. December 21, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	Looking Back, 2012 A Mixed Bag For Wirehouses Assets mostly were up, but advisors are on the move.
Registered Rep. November 18, 2010 Diana Britton	A Tweet Here, a Few More Million Assets There The financial industry's social media interaction is mostly around telling people about the organization, not around engaging the customer.
Registered Rep. June 30, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly.
Registered Rep. October 22, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	MSSB Plans to Double Size of U.S. Division For Ultra Wealthy Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management will exclusively serve clients with a minimum of $20 million in assets.
Registered Rep. May 14, 2014	The Top 10 Social Media Brands Used by Advisors We were able to break down the social platforms frequented most, and why advisors are accessing them.
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Larry Light	The Tradeoff Registered investment advisors may end up getting to know a new regulator, but the tougher fiduciary standard they live under will also be extended to cover their broker-dealer rivals.
Registered Rep. March 8, 2012 Kristen French	Due Diligence: Morgan Stanley Advisors Paid to Put Clients in New Amex Credit Card Morgan Stanley Smith Barney financial advisors and client service associates will get a "small" amount of compensation for the administrative process of handling card sign up.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Melanie Waddell	Is Mary What the SEC Needs? The alternative to FINRA overseeing advisors, and what advisors would definitely prefer, is a self-regulatory organization.
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Donna Mitchell	Who's Afraid of Social Media? Social media compliance is a subject that elicits a range of reactions from planners, from groans to cautious, curious questions.
Investment Advisor December 21, 2010 James J. Green	FSI Endorses FINRA as SRO for Investment Advisors Dale Brown says FINRA option is "best way to address the regulatory gap."
Financial Advisor November 2011 Evan Simonoff	What Gives At The SEC? For several decades, the Securities and Exchange Commission has contended that it does not have sufficient resources to examine and inspect RIAs. Consequently, many have concluded that Finra is the default option for all RIA regulation.
Registered Rep. October 21, 2011 Diana Britton	Nature of the Biz? Insurance Advisors Ahead of the Pack On Social Media Among financial advisors, insurance advisors are most likely to use social media for business purposes and most likely to have landed clients through social media.
Bank Technology News December 2010 Rebecca Sausner	Socialware Keeps Tabs on Facebook, Twitter Middleware isn't typically exciting, but in the case of Socialware, this company's middle-man platform allows financials to robustly engage in social media while not violating any of FINRA's rules of engagement.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2012 Kristen French	Fight for Facebook Shares May Be Messy How the timing of the Facebook IPO matches with the completed integration of the Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney platforms, will play a big role in determining how shares are divvied up.