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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.   |
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. |
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 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. |
Registered Rep.
October 28, 2015 |
Smarsh: Keeping Compliant As technology continues to evolve, both for advisors and the clients they serve, there will always be new regulations and new compliance challenges. |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Bruce W. Fraser |
How To Survive The SEC Assault Advisors cite a new, more demanding compliance environment. Despite the extra financial and time burden, many advisors feel much better about their businesses, having gone through the compliance process. |
Registered Rep.
May 17, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Massachusetts Enforces Rules On Use of Senior Designations The state's Securities Division adopted the nation's first regulation requiring advisors to advertise only accredited credentials, or credentials that can clearly demonstrate that they call for meaningful expertise, when offering financial advice to elderly clients. |
Registered Rep.
February 7, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Alphabet Soup: Massachusetts May Ban Some Advisor Designations Advisors who hold certain obscure professional designations may want to think twice about touting their alleged specialties on their business cards, mailings or other advertisements -- at least in the state of Massachusetts. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
Sherri Scordo |
Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc. |
Investment Advisor
November 17, 2010
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Will You Stay SEC Registered in 2011? Regulatory changes could cause confusion for advisors |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
Susan Konig |
A Big Trade Off? For advisors looking for further independence through a registered investment advisory firm, compliance burdens can increase. Reps working under an independent b/d's umbrella RIA, also known as "dually registered" advisors, must comply with both NASD and SEC rules. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Mark Astarita |
The SEC's "Feel Good" Committee The Securities and Exchange Commission announces the formation of an Investor Advisory Committee, which it says will give investors a greater voice in its work. |
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. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2013
Kenneth Corbin |
SEC Registration Deadline Looms As annual registration nears, compliance experts warn RIAs to be cautious about their numbers. |
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.
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. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2010
Brian Hamburger |
Full Disclosure Protecting client privacy is one of the most important responsibilities of any financial advisor. And it's about to become one of the most time-consuming and highly regulated aspects of the business as well. |
Registered Rep.
October 19, 2011
Diana Britton |
Registered Rep/Wealth Management.com Research: Indies, Insurers Take Lead on Social Media RIAs, independent broker/dealers and insurance companies are taking the lead in social media usage, ahead of wirehouses, regional firms and bank brokerages. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Brian Hamburger |
Going for Custody As of March 12, new rules for RIAs require special (and expensive) reports and audits for custodial accounts. Are you ready? |
Financial Advisor
March 2005
Tracey Longo |
The Watchdog Inside Your Firm The SEC is making your chief compliance officer a whistleblower. Advisors' success with regulators in 2005 will depend largely on whether they trip themselves up or are able to create a business model that is better aligned with their clients. |
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.
March 28, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
More Trouble In Auction-Rate Securities Land The State of Massachusetts Secretary of State is investigating the sales practices of auction-rate securities, to learn how these securities are presented to individual clients in the state. |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2008 |
Bank of America to Buy Its ARs Back The nation's second-largest bank by assets settled an investigation by Massachusetts regulators, agreeing to buy back $4.5 billion worth of the securities. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
James J. Green |
Simple, Not Simplistic Tom Giachetti preaches a simple approach to compliance for advisors: Know what you need to do, but also what you don't need to do. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Helping the Most Vulnerable Retirees Lawmakers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state regulators are bent on making sure advisors with designations touting expertise when it comes to helping seniors, the most vulnerable retirees, are closely scrutinized. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2007 |
When Achievement is Bull State regulators are moving to ban certain designations from marketing materials to better protect seniors. Financial advisors using senior designations to con seniors are often caught too late. |
Investment Advisor
February 2007
Thomas D. Giachetti |
When Should You Register? Should an investment advisor with $30 million of "assets under management" register with the SEC? It depends on whether the advisor has "qualifying" assets under management. |
Financial Advisor
July 2009
Sherri Scordo |
Compliance Concerns There's a lot of buzz these days about potential changes in compliance rules and the impact on advisors. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2006
John E. Gebauer |
Your Mailbox Is Full For investment advisors, the regulations for email retention remain murky, but applying some best practices can help. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Will the States Be Able to Regulate Big RIAs? State regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet soon to iron out the details of shifting nearly 4,000 advisors from federal to state supervision. |
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 Planning
September 1, 2006
Jane Worthington |
Accounting for Compliance Instead of viewing compliance as a necessary evil, financial advisors should see it as a cost of doing business and learn how to quantify that cost. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Brian Hamburger |
Regulation Season A look forward at the real effects of regulatory change - and they could be as unattractive as they are expensive. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
David Lawrence |
Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers? |
Investment Advisor
June 2006
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Masters at the Helm Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt and past NASD and Nasdaq Stock Market chairman and CEO Frank Zarb have joined a consulting firm's heavy hitters. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Making Compliance Headway Four years after the passage of the SEC's "compliance program rule," advisors are still grappling with exactly what their annual review process should entail. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
Bob Clark |
The Real Deal MarketCounsel is focused on taking the independent advisory model to the next level. |
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. |
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
April 2004
David J. Drucker |
Living With The Rules How to keep the SEC happy without going out of business. |
