Posts Tagged ‘eDiscovery’
Announcing the launch of SocialTurns.com
I am excited to announce the launch of a new community, called SocialTurns.com. The site is designed for financial professionals to discuss social media issues, best practices and news.
Center for Due Diligence Interview
In preparation for the CFDD’s New Age Marketing Advisor Conference I did a short interview which you can hear below. // Some of the topics discussed were: – Implications and questions of FINRA Notice 10-06 for financial advisors. – Whether or not financial advisors will get value out of social networks. – How you should [...]
LinkedIn Compliance Self-Assessment – Are you at Risk?
In the last few months we’ve heard a common refrain from financial industry professionals regarding LinkedIn. Things like: “We aren’t allowed to use social networks but we can use LinkedIn” “Our firm allows us to use LinkedIn but the activity isn’t monitored” “LinkedIn doesn’t fall under Notice 10-06” “We prohibit use, and our employees follow [...]
What a difference a month makes
I am excited to announce a lot of great changes at Socialware. Here is the quick summary (the full detail is below): We launched a new social media archiving solution called Socialware Sync aimed at individuals and small firms. We renamed Risk Manager to Socialware Compass as part of a broader re-branding effort with our [...]
FINRA Webinar Summary: Implementing Compliance Practices for Social Media
For those of you that weren’t able to attend, we live-tweeted this afternoon’s webinar and the full summary is available below. The webinar itself was geared at further answering questions around Notice 10-06. Here is FINRA’s description of the session: “This program addresses implementation of new guidance that FINRA recently issued in Regulatory Notice 10-06, [...]
Helping State and Local Government Agencies Get Social
Our very own Chris Richter was recently interviewed on Federal News Radio 1500. The topic was social networking use at state and local government agencies, how to protect the agencies infrastructure and how to ensure compliance with laws, such as the Freedom of Information Act. Some of the questions answered in the interview are: – [...]
Social Networking: Going Online Without Crossing the Line (Research Magazine Cover Story)
In the March edition of Research Magazine they take a detailed look at the challenges financial advisors face in dealing with social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. As they point out “Some have blocked access to networking websites from advisor workstations. At least one broker-dealer requires new hires to delete their LinkedIn profile [...]
Real world advice for independent advisors, an interview with Kristen Luke
Kristen Luke, from Wealth Management Marketing, was gracious enough to spend some time talking through her work with independent investment advisors and financial planners. We specifically discussed social networking, what’s holding her clients back and how they are dealing with SEC and FINRA compliance issues. 1. Tell me a little about your background and Wealth [...]
FINRA Webinar: Compliance Considerations for Social Networking Sites
If you happened to miss it, FINRA hosted the Social Networking Compliance webinar this afternoon. Here is a summary from their site on what was scheduled to be discussed: “This webinar covers compliance and regulatory considerations when using social networking sites to communicate firm business. With the advent of Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter, business [...]
Just released: Companion Guide to FINRA Social Networking Compliance
Yesterday FINRA surprised everyone by releasing Regulatory Notice 10-06, titled “Social Media Web Sites – Guidance on Blogs and Social Networking Web Sites.” Since September of 2009, FINRA created and has been working with a Social Networking Task Force to discuss “how firms and registered representatives could use social sites for legitimate business purposes in [...]



