The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s slightly relaxed oversight
standard for interactive blogging in the money management world means tweets
are here to stay, according to John Drachman, writer and creative director
for The Drachman Group, Inc., and Advisolocity, a social media forum for
advisors.
“This is something to cheer about,” Mr. Drachman added.
According to FINRA, if a blog is used to engage in real-time interactive
communications FINRA would consider the blog to be an interactive electronic
forum that does not require prior principal approval.
“The social media compliance solution has always been about the blog,”
Mr. Drachman said. “Entanglement and adoption, which address where the
content comes from and when a firm adopts it as its own, are easily avo... (more)
By: D. Bruce Johnston, President, DBJ Associates
With hope and fear. If they can publish a few blog posts, advisors can extend
the life of a public relations story nearly effortlessly. With social media
and its ability to generate attention inexpensively, it’s hard not to
consider it.
The difficulty comes in when you ask an RIA what they are willing to pay
for it. An RIA must opt for a... (more)
According to a summary report by Doug Anderson, SVP, Research & Development,
The Nielsen Company, growth will be hard to come by in the coming decade and
there are “Five Key Trends Other Than Aging” at work which will make
growth extremely difficult. DBJ Associates provides questions wealth
advisors may want to ask of themselves in order to benefit from these trends,
along with the answ... (more)
New Media on Ulitzer
Topic A at the recent Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Annual Meeting (SIFMA) was what to do about the fastest-growing
communications phenomenon since the invention of the Internet: the explosion
in social networking.
Whenever compliance and communications come together there is sure to be a
tussle and this meeting was no different. Chairman and ... (more)
According to Schwab Institutional's recently released Independent Advisor
Outlook Study, 90% of independent advisors added new clients in the third
quarter and intend to take more risk with their client's assets. These
advisors are seeing more opportunities in equities, and are signaling moves
away from cash and fixed income. Nearly one-third say they plan to invest
more in US small cap ... (more)
DBJ Associates is a Transformational Distribution Strategies firm focused on developing Social Media distribution solutions for Asset and Wealth Management firms, RIAs and Financial Advisors. D. Bruce Johnston is regarded by many as a high-energy, results-driven Financial Services Distribution Executive with a 25+-year career distinguished by an impressive record of contributions and winner of the Institutional Investor Fund Marketer of the Year award.
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