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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.
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.
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. 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. 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.
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.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2009 Halah Touryalai	No Buyers--Still--For AIG-owned B/Ds AIG announced its plan to sell its independent broker/dealers back around October 2008. Six months later, nothing has changed except that reps we spoke to are even more frustrated. Some say they are ready to bolt.
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 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.
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.
Registered Rep. August 23, 2009 Halah Touryalai	AIG Advisor Group NOT For Sale, New CEO Says After almost a year of looking for the right buyer, AIG's broker/dealer reps were told that they would not be sold.
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.
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.
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.
On Wall Street October 1, 2013 Alix Stuart	A Social Media Presence May Enhance Business Now that advisors are (finally) allowed to use it, social media is finding its place in the marketing arsenal.
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.
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.
Investment Advisor June 10, 2011 Janet Levaux	BDs Beware: Banning Facebook Is Bad Policy, Says Socialware's Chad Bockius Socialware CEO says that prohibiting use of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn might lead to financial advisors switching firms.
Financial Advisor June 2009 Andrew Gluck	Social Networking And Advisors Advisors are barely scratching the surface in their use of social networking.
Financial Advisor March 2012 David Lawrence	Creating A Social Media Policy Financial advisors are wise to embrace the new communication medium. But, there are a number of issues to be addressed as they embark on a communications strategy.
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.
Financial Advisor May 2009 David J. Drucker	Crisis Intervention Broker/Dealers unveil new programs to help advisors survive the recession.
Registered Rep. March 13, 2012 Lauren Barack	Tongue-tied Advisors Even if they have their firms' permission to tweet, a technology platform up and compliance guidelines in place, the fear that they will "do it wrong" keeps many financial advisors from participating.
Financial Advisor March 2008 Joel Bruckenstein	Kicking It Up A Notch Tech upgrades at some of the larger independent broker-dealers.
Registered Rep. February 27, 2012 Lauren Barack	Protect Your (Online) Rep "Nowadays, professional reputation is tied to online," says Don Sorenson, CEO and founder of online reputation management firm Big Blue Robot. "And you can be at the whim of anyone who writes about you."
Financial Advisor March 2012 Mike Byrnes	Massachusetts Addresses Social Media Regulation Results from a July 2011 survey by the Massachusetts Securities Division found a significant growth trend in advisors using social media, but also found compliance deficiencies in existing social media regulations.
Investment Advisor September 2005 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: The Image is All Important Document imaging is becoming a must-have technical solution for compliance-conscious financial advisors.
Registered Rep.	The Top 30 Independent Broker/Dealers in 2015 The list below is comprised of the 30 largest IBDs ranked by average assets under management per advisor, as of 2014.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Lauren Barack	Going Mobile To compete, broker/dealers are improving their technology platforms, with an eye on mobility.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005	By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007	Insuring Your Future with Insurance? Insurance is an important component of wealth management, and too few reps have made the effort to fit it into client portfolios. Insurance is something you need to know how to use.
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.
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. August 1, 2006 Kristen French	The More Things Change Despite the big push for millionaire clients throughout the industry in recent years, average annual revenue per financial advisor for all firms has remained relatively constant.
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Joel Bruckenstein	Tech Review: New Digital Content Services Two new services allow advisors to deliver online content to clients and prospects via social networks.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin	Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Lauren Barack	Streamlining Broker/dealers are aiming for a one-click model for their technology platforms.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kristen French	What's in a Name? Financial advisor is the name most of the other wirehouses use for their registered reps these days. It reflects the industry's attempts to transform its reps from commission-based stock jockeys to fee-based relationship managers.
Financial Advisor January 2006 Tracey Longo	Working Smarter, Not Harder As more independent broker-dealers set themselves up as strategic outsourcing partners, they are finding bigger and better firms driven to their door by stagnant or shrinking profit margins and the accelerating compliance melee.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Brian Hamburger	Who Will Start The Revolution? Big firms give "Big Brother" nod to social media.
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. July 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai	AIG Advisor Group Sale Is Close The AIG Advisor Group may finally have found a buyer after nine months of operating in limbo.
Investment Advisor January 2010 James J. Green	B/D Briefing: Alignment Time A short interview with Patrick McEvoy, CEO of Woodbury Financial, a 1,700-rep independent broker/dealer.
Financial Advisor August 2012 Karen DeMasters	The Great Migration Though they aren't moving as fast as they were a few years ago, advisors are still in play for independent broker-dealers.
Registered Rep. January 6, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Wirehouse FAs Switching B/Ds Slows The number of wirehouse advisors switching broker/dealers has been in steep decline since June.
Registered Rep. December 16, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Wirehouse Switching Slows in Second Half of 2009 In November, just 177 advisors in the wirehouse channel switched firms, the smallest monthly number all year, according to Discovery Database.
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	5 Questions with Melaine Kimmel Five questions about Kaplan Financial, which provides education and compliance solutions for financial professionals, advisors, agents, registered reps, and their supervisors.
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