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  SEC Gives Green Light for Public Companies to Use Social Media

  By MARCY GORDON, AP BUSINESS WRITER  |  April 2, 2013

  The SEC will allow public companies to make significant announcements on Facebook, Twitter and other social media provided they alert investors which sites they intend to use.

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  Nonprofits’ Online Fundraising Grew 21% in 2012

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  April 1, 2013

  Email lists still dominate over social media, but response rates are falling, according to a study by M+R Strategic Services and Nonprofit Technology Network.

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  Clearing Firms Gain a Human Touch

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 1, 2013

  Traditionally, clearing firms have helped independent broker-dealers by ruling the back office. Now these durable companies are stepping out front by tuning BDs in to vital growth opportunities—as well as to potential perils.

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  SEC Approves Nasdaq’s $62 Million Facebook Settlement

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2013

  The SEC approved a plan on Monday for Nasdaq to pay customers as much as $62 million for losses stemming from last year's controversial Facebook IPO.

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  SEC Enforcement Roundup: CR Intrinsic Slapped With Record Insider Trading Fine

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2013

  The SEC settlement by CR Intrinsic was for $600 million, the largest ever in an insider trading case; meanwhile, a financier was charged in a scam involving pre-IPO Facebook stock.

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  7 Tips to Avoid SEC Compliance Audits When Marketing

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2013

  Compliance expert Nancy Lininger offers rules of thumb on avoiding the flags that SEC auditors are looking for in marketing materials.

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  Tax-Weary U.S. Millionaires Move to Cayman Islands, Hong Kong for Relief

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2013

  Nigel Green, CEO of a global advisory firm, says he has seen a 48% rise in wealthy Americans inquiring about permanently relocating outside the U.S.

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  Social Media Is Catalyst for Investment Changes Among Affluent: Cogent

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 11, 2013

  Nearly 70% of affluent investors who use social media for financial information have reallocated investments or have started or changed their relationship with investment providers based on content they’ve received through those channels.

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  Motif Launches Build-Your-Own Platform

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 28, 2013

  Motif Investing launched a build-your-own platform Thursday that allows advisors and other businesses to construct and share their own collection of stocks or ETFs online.

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  Advisory Firm Owner: Do You Really Want to Be Big Brother?

  By Angie Herbers  |  February 26, 2013

  So there are multiple digital tools out there for monitoring every minute of your employees' time in the office, including the websites and apps they're using. I tried it, and here's what I learned.