Last week we were finalizing preparation for FPA Retreat 2011. This week’s focus has been preparations for FPA NorCal 2011. As such, the pace of new posts to FPPad has slowed somewhat, but expect them to pick up in the weeks to come.
Here are this week’s stories of interest:
Keep Calm and Carry On from Financial-Planning.com
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Evensky & Katz Wealth Management survived a three-week long audit from the SEC. Here’s what the Chief Compliance Officer would tell other advisory firms that are preparing for when the auditors come knocking.
Social-media archiving, compliance solutions in focus from InvestmentNews.com
Financial advisers and broker-dealers apparently aren’t sitting on the sidelines waiting for Finra and the SEC to figure out how the financial advisory industry should use social networking.
Choosing Software That Works for Your Advisory Firm-Part 3: Envision from AdvisorOne.com
The third update in a six-part series by Spenser Segal of ActiFi designed to present best practices to advisors on how to choose, implement and monitor new technology for an advisory firm.
Where’s the Beef? from Financial-Planning.com
Inside Information’s Bob Veres solicits advisers on their most and least valuable activities when it comes to the use of portfolio management software.
And part two of an interview AdvisorWebsites.com conducted with Bill on financial adviser technology: Bill Winterberg Talks Technology: Part 2
