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Social Media for RIAs in Massachusetts: The Fourth Castle
Now we have both the SEC and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issuing guidance for Registered Investment Advisors. We have seen securities regulators, insurance regulators, and now RIA regulators all say the same things: Yes, social media is an exciting new form of communication. Yes, we will apply existing rules to this new technology.
API, Proxy, and Hybrid. Navigating the conversation.
When it comes to social media compliance there has been a lot of debate over what technology is best for firms. You will hear terms like “API”, “Proxy,” and “Hybrid”. Instead of focusing on how specific technologies work, let’s talk about what’s required to be compliant.
Drawing the Line- Personal and Professional in Social Media
In the first of a joint webinar series, speakers from Distribion, LIMRA and Socialware discuss numerous questions and perspective on personal and professional use of digital and social media.
Compliance leaders in financial services – you are not alone!
In an ever-changing landscape where shades of grey define the world facing today’s financial services compliance leaders, how valuable would it be to talk with others in your same position and ask, “What are you doing about this?”
Massachusetts scrutinizes advisers and social media
The Securities Division of The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth released a new survey on social media use by investment advisers doing business within the Commonwealth.
Social media compliance clarity for financial services
We recently asked top firms in the industry to share the most pressing compliance concerns within their organizations or from colleagues across financial services companies. The responses shared both the challenges and opportunities that social networks present for business today.
American Century releases new social media study
According to the new American Century Investments’ 2011 Financial Professionals Social Media Adoption Study, the number of financial professionals who said regulatory or compliance concerns were a barrier to their social media use dropped to 38% from 47% in last year’s survey.
SEC Swept Up by Social Media (PART 2)
For Part 2 of our discussion on the SEC social media sweeps letter I’d like to address the following questions that I suspect many of you are asking:
SEC Swept Up by Social Media (PART 1)
There has been a lot of buzz lately about the regulatory happenings in the financial sector. No, this isn’t about Dodd-Frank, this is about Social Media.
The social web drives awareness, market share & profits
Last month, McKinsey came out with their quarterly report, “The rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday,” where they find that companies using the Web intensively gain greater market share and higher margins.
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