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Performance Advertising Under the SEC’s 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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Facebook Will Stop Using Phone Numbers For Friend Pushes

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In its ongoing attempts to fix its privacy standards, Facebook will no longer use phone numbers to determine who one sees on their “people you may know” list, according to Reuters. He added that, from now on, no one who signs up for Facebook will have their phone number connected to their friend suggestions.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (September 14–September 15)

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Which means that while many fee-only RIAs use the reduced conflicts that come with the fee-only model (as opposed to firms that receive compensation from commissions and other sources) as a key marketing talking point, the fact remains that being truly 'conflict free' is nearly impossible and such claims (which are hard to substantiate) appear to be (..)

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Amazon Collaborates With AT&T To Connect Phone Numbers To Alexa

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In a move that lets users place and get phone calls through their Alexa gadgets, Amazon is launching a new collaboration with AT&T that will enable consumers to connect their phone numbers with their Alexa accounts, The Verge reported. And, with Amazon’s current Away Mode turned on, calls can be temporarily disabled.

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The Truth-In-Advertising Push

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There’s a (slowly) growing push among retailers, brands and even politicians to make advertising campaigns as true and transparent as possible. We want to lend our voice and the support of the ModCloth community to this movement to stop the extreme and harmful photoshopping of women in advertisements.”.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (July 27-28)

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Also in industry news this week: While the number of RIA M&A deals has not surged in 2024, the average size of deals has increased, demonstrating interest from (often private-equity-backed) firms in pursuing larger targets Off-channel communication tops the list of concerns amongst RIA compliance professionals, with advertising and marketing coming (..)

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Deep Dive: How Ad Fraud Takes A Toll On Advertisers And Publishers

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Advertisers will lose a projected $5.8 Ad fraud’s prevalence is largely due to two factors: The lack of regulation and the sheer complexity and volume of online advertising. Dishonest publishers may spoof clicks to force advertisers to pay additional fees, or hackers could hijack an advertising slot to generate revenue for themselves.