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Why Advertising “Conflict-Free” Advice Could Violate The SEC’s Marketing Rule

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Which, in turn, has led a small but growing number of RIA firms to describe themselves as "conflict-free" on their websites and advertising materials as a way to distinguish themselves from other firms that may have more directly conflicted business models.

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Performance Advertising Guidelines For Investment Advisers Under the SEC’s New Marketing Rule

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For investment advisers looking to attract prospective clients, advertising the performance of their investment strategies would be a logical way to market their services (at least if they had strong historical returns!). Two final prohibitions under the Marketing Rule include restrictions on the use of predecessor performance (e.g.,

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#FASuccess Ep 412: 3X’ing The Business With No More Than 50 Great Clients By Hyperfocusing On Who You Can Add The Most Value For, With Anjali Jariwala

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What's unique about Anjali, though, is how she has tripled her annual revenue from $250,000 to $750,000 during the past 6 years, while only adding a net of 10 client households (going from 35 to 45 clients in total), by hyperfocusing into her niches of physicians with complex tax needs and small business owners with $5M–$20M of revenue, offering (..)

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Kitces & Carl Ep 121: Can You Just Do Good Work And Get Noticed As An Advisor Or Do You Have To Self-Promote?

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Regardless of the size of a financial advisory firm, clients are a constant necessity to sustain a profitable business. Ultimately, advisors who can provide exceptional service to their clients don't necessarily need to promote themselves through commonly used avenues of advertising (e.g., Read More.

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How Financial Advisers Can Boost Online Reputation Through Google Reviews (While Complying With SEC Marketing Rule Requirements)

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Even though the updated marketing rule has enhanced advisers’ ability to leverage online reviews, some advisers might wonder whether clients will actually leave reviews (and, if, so, whether they will be positive).

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Paid Solicitation Under The SEC Marketing Rule: Using Third-Parties For Lead Generation And Prospecting

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In recent years, though, the growing use of lead-generation services, advisor networks, and ‘advisor-matching’ tools, referred to as “operators” in the Marketing Rule’s Adopting Release, has given rise to third-party solicitation activity that often looks more like advertising directly to prospective clients.

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How To Survive Your First SEC Audit: Preparing For The SEC Examination And Complying With The Information Request Letter

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Which means the firm will need to provide records of holdings and transactions for each of its clients (which may require some training and practice for employees to be able to quickly pull the needed data from the firm's custodian), as well as archived client communications and any advertisements produced by the firm.