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Marketing expert Marie Swift says social media sites are one of the best places to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and prospective clients. Here are some tips and advice from the recent Women Advisors Forum in New York to build your brand online.
May 7
Impact Communications -
The new platform, introduced by Beverly Hills Wealth Management, enables RIAs and advisors to streamline access and usage of cloud-based service applications and IT security
May 7 -
Fifty-one percent of retirees, but only 25%, of todays workers, are confident about having enough money to live comfortably in retirement, according to a BlackRock study.
May 7 -
Large retirement plan providers tried to offer Californias teachers and other education workers simpler plan options, but the Financial Services Institute said it should not come at the expense of access to quality personalized investment advice.
May 4 -
Two groups representing mutual fund independent directors and trustees are joining together to voice their concerns about the changes to money market funds currently being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
May 4 -
Wunderlich Securities has announced the hiring of four more professionals from Morgan Keegan: three in its Equity Capital Markets division and one in the Private Client Group.
May 3 -
RIAs who use the combined service will be able to pull up daily client balance, holding and transactional data through ByAllAccounts, plus the reporting capabilities of Portfolio Pathway
May 3 -
More than five million high-net-worth investors are using social media sites to inform their financial decisions and nearly three in four use LinkedIn for investment research.
May 3 -
The La Vista, Neb., based independent broker-dealer announced Thursday that Bruce Lear will be a senior vice president for Black Oak Investment Counsel in Kearney, Neb.
May 3 -
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Montgomery, Ala., said a federal district judge in Atlanta erred in finding that the alleged misrepresentations made by Morgan Keegan brokers about the debt were not material. It sent the case back to the district court for more proceedings.
May 2 -
Proving that the competition is still strong for financial advisors from rival wirehouses, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has snapped up two wealth advisory teams and one more for its Graystone Consulting institutional business.
May 2 -
Financial advisors sometimes puzzle over how to effectively reach and serve black and Hispanic clients. A Vanguard study released recently suggests they can start by drilling home a simple message: emergency savings accounts are a must.
May 2
Financial Planning -
About 85% of asset management firms and insurers have seen increased brand awareness on social media platforms, but many have yet to monetize the medium, according to a new study.
May 2 -
Joel Blumenschein, a Wisconsin RIA, has resigned from FINRA after settling a disciplinary case alleging he failed to supervise a broker at his firm.
May 2 -
UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico and two of its executives have been charged by the SEC with misleading investors and its own financial advisors about the market risks associated with the sales of 23 closed-end mutual funds.
May 1 -
Perella Weinberg Partners has added former Morgan Stanley executive Michael McGrath as a partner in its asset management group.
May 1 -
The four firms were fine a total of $9.1 million for not having adequate supervisory systems in place for billions of dollars of sales of leveraged and inverse ETFs.
May 1 -
The company has nabbed two veteran Morgan Stanley Smith Barney financial advisors for its Dayton, Ohio, branch.
May 1 -
The aim is to maintain consistency in imposing sanctions for similar offenses.
May 1 -
Concert Wealth hired Leslie Ferrone to join its Oak Brook, Ill., office.
May 1
