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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.
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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
On Wall Street July 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	The 'F' Word Stirs Up Controversy Advisors who fall under the new fiduciary standard, namely investment advisors who run a fee-based business, must always put clients' interests before of their own.
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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 Planning May 1, 2011 Bob Veres	To the World of 2020 I'm writing this column to help you address the issue on the minds of investors and consumers everywhere in your future day and age: How can we finally fix the regulatory system after the latest traumatic events shook the markets to their core?
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.
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.
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 Planning June 1, 2008 Bob Veres	The Plan This is an interim report on the market share erosion experienced by our Wirehouse ("Member") firms versus "fiduciary" and "consumer-focused" financial planners.
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.
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.
Financial Advisor June 2011 Bruce W. Fraser	Rebuilding Trust - Part 2 Six leaders in the wealth management continue their discussion of the advisory industry and how new rules and regulations will impact it.
Registered Rep. December 21, 2011 Diana Britton	Aite: Bloom Coming Off the Rose of Social Media? Financial advisors are just getting started, and already, the bloom seems to be coming off the rose, Aite Group says.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2004 John Churchill	If You're a Broker and You Know It As the holiday season approaches, the SEC is getting daily entreaties from registered investment advisors seeking an end to the broker/dealer exemption rule.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Brian Hamburger	Who Will Start The Revolution? Big firms give "Big Brother" nod to social media.
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Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Chris Hall	Socially Adept Participation in social media -- LinkedIn, Facebook, Ning, Groupsite, Twitter, blogs, YouTube -- is now a workplace reality.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Rep-as-Portfolio Manager Programs Taking Off Despite the compliance hurdles, more than one third of financial advisors see direct handling of clients' assets by FAs acting as their portfolio managers clearly outpacing other fee-based management styles in the next three years.
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.
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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.
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Mike Byrnes	SEC, Un-liked Regulators should acknowledge that there's been a revolution, then take a fresh look at industry regulations and make appropriate revisions. Like it or not, the SEC should catch up with the times and reverse its stance on likes.
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.
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