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Summary: More financial advisors are firm-hopping this year, according to industry experts. By way of explanation, insiders cite last year’s market surge, which left brokers with solid “trailing 12” production numbers and clients with a warm, fuzzy feeling that could make them loyal to their advisors. Fear of impending compensation-disclosure rules may also be prompting brokers to make their moves now. But whatever an advisor’s reason for switching firms, experts agree that doing so is easier than it used to be, thanks to the Protocol for Broker Recruiting, which will be 10 years old this August.
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Summary: Now that the SEC has allowed advisers to use third-party client reviews on their websites or social-media pages, it's time to figure out what kinds of uses will run afoul of industry regulators. Test your compliance knowledge with these five client review sharing scenarios to figure out if you're up to speed.
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Summary: Wall Street's self-regulator is no longer trying to extend its reach to registered investment advisers.Finra oversees brokers, who operate under a distinct set of rules from registered investment advisers, or RIAs, who are supervised directly by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the states.
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Summary: Last week, the SEC issued new guidance on social media and the Rule 206(4)-1 "Testimonials" rule. While the guidance did not provide much clarity on ongoing sticky issues such as whether LinkedIn "endorsements" constitute testimonials, it did provide important clarification to one key area: third-party adviser review sites
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Summary: The dust from the regulatory shakeout after the financial crisis is still settling, but today, firms that sell products and services to advisers need more than ever to demonstrate value by helping them navigate their evolution to fee-based services.
