The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced yesterday that it is conducting spot-checks on social media communications such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogs. According to FINRA Rule 2210(c)(6), each firm’s written (including electronic) communications are subject to a periodic spot-check procedure. FINRA’s Advertising Regulation Department requests that firms provide the following: 1. [...]
In order to provide its users with added security, Twitter recently rolled out two-step authentication. This new log-in verification feature sends Twitter users a special code via SMS text message whenever a log-in attempt is made. As an extra security measure, the code must be entered in order to access the account. Users [...]
We recently sponsored the Social Media Center at the Morningstar Investment Conference for the third year! During the conference, we sat down with a number of guests – including Leslie Marshall, who is responsible for overseeing Morningstar’s conferences, publications and social media initiatives. No small challenge! Leslie can be found on Twitter as @leslieamarshall. During her podcast, [...]
We recently sponsored the Social Media Center at the Morningstar Investment Conference for the third year! During the conference, we sat down with a number of guests – including Cathy Curtis, in from the west coast for the Morningstar 25th anniversary conference. Many of you may know her as @cathycurtis on Twitter. During the podcast, we [...]
We are sponsoring the social media center at the Morningstar Conference for our third year! During the conference, we are sitting down with a number of guests –including conference keynote Carl Richards - fresh back from South Africa and looking surprisingly immune to jet lag! Many know Carl as @behaviorgap on Twitter. Carl explores the beginnings of [...]
We are sponsoring the social media center at the Morningstar Conference for our third year! During the conference, we are sitting down with a number of guests – including Maureen Wilke of Wilke and Associates, who serves as an advisor to firms and advisors focusing on practice management. Maureen discusses specifics on how she helps firms [...]
