Home > 
Knowledge and Insight

All Articles


Social Media Use Up at Firms, but Texts Raise Compliance Worries: Survey

From Think Advisor
Added on June 2015 in Thought Leadership
1 visitor like this article | Viewed 3613 times | 0 comment

Summary: While compliance officers are more confident in their firms’ use of new communications channels for business, including social media, they’re concerned about the retention and production of text messages, with most firms that allow their employees to conduct business via texts stating they have "minimal to no" confidence in their ability to produce such messages during a regulatory exam, according to a survey released Friday by Smarsh.

Featured Contributors: The Partnership Resource

From IRIS
Added on June 2015 in Thought Leadership
1 visitor like this article | Viewed 3587 times | 0 comment

Summary: We work with partners from formation to succession. We provide a “how-to” guide to get the most out of their specific partnership, so they can have a thriving business and a great relationship. We take business partners through a process; generally this involves assessing where they are, conducting facilitated meetings, and capturing what they have agreed to.

Talk of FINRA as Advisor SRO Rears Its Head Again

From Think Advisor
Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
1 visitor like this article | Viewed 4676 times | 0 comment

Summary: Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said Thursday that he plans “to explore” introducing a bill that would give the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority the authority to examine investment advisors

More than ever, advisers make a splash with social media

From InvestmentNews
Added on May 2015 in Manage Your Practice
0 visitor like this article | Viewed 4187 times | 0 comment

Summary: Two separate surveys, one by Smarsh Inc., a compliance company, and another by Cogent Reports' Advisor Media Consumption, which collects data on financial advisers, both found that advisers are breaking down the barriers and using social media for their businesses.

New Advisers Confront Surprises, Challenges

From Wall Street Journal
Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
1 visitor like this article | Viewed 4802 times | 0 comment

Summary: When financial advisers start their careers, they typically discover challenges they hadn’t expected. Many don’t make it through those harrowing first years. Here, some advisers who still are in their early years of practice share some of the surprises they have encountered, mistakes they have made and the lessons learned.  

Your session has expired!

To continue, please log in again.

Your session is about to expire!

You will be logged off in seconds.

Do you want to continue your session?