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  Social Media Is Hottest Compliance Topic for RIAs: Survey

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 17, 2012

  Social media use among RIAs has shot up over the past year, with 80% of RIAs stating they have adopted formal written policies on social networking, according to the Investment Management Compliance Testing Survey.

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  Seeking Social Media’s Payoff

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  June 27, 2012

  In less than one year, advisor Elle Kaplan’s “online tribe,” as she calls it, has surged from 10 to more than 2,400 Twitter followers. Not coincidentally, a dozen of them have signed on as clients.

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  New Raymond James Social Media Platform Lets Advisors Use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 2, 2011

  Raymond James is using a new social media platform from Actiance that will let it use social media sites including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter while complying with FINRA regs.

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  FINRA Releases Social Media, Smartphone Regs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 19, 2011

  FINRA has provided guidance to brokerage firms about social media and the use of personal devices for business communications, and the news has the finance world buzzing about how FINRA’s new rules will affect the brokerage industry.