Rick Ketchum, chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA), said the agency has formed a task force to examine
how regulation can welcome new forms of communications while protecting
investors.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) said it launched the Women Financial Advisors Forum (WFAF), a blog for women interested in becoming financial advisers at the firm.
It is not just for the younger generation: Social media plays a rapidly growing and influential role in an individual investor’s financial decisions, particularly for high-net-worth investors, according to study from Cogent Research.