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Great to finally see a win from the Minnesota @VikingsFootball. @AdrianPeterson once again the best player on the field. Skol Vikings! #
Should investment mgrs, mutual funds or hedge funds be considered "systemically important financial institutions"? FSOC proposal due today. #
Did you know that gold $gld is down 12% since the …

 Asset Management       

Only a select few asset managers, such as Vanguard, have a blog according to a research report published by kasina. What might be the reasons behind the low adoption rate?

 Asset Management,Industry News       

Following up on Regulatory Notice 10-06, ‘FINRA’, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, has recently posted new guidance in the form of notice 11-39 on its website. The guidance attempts to answer additional questions regarding the original application of the rules as well as the finer points on how companies …

 Asset Management       

Why ROI? What’s the big deal about social media ROI and why do financial services marketers have it all wrong?

 Asset Management       

Organization size and complexity are not issues that have stopped BlackRock, the world’s largest investment manager, from changing how they communicate both internally as well as externally through the use of social technologies.

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Thanks @JoyceMSullivan and @PWDoherty for the tweets on the 4-stage maturity model for Financial Services #socialmedia http://bit.ly/cANSPM+ in reply to JoyceMSullivan #
Brad Childress and @VikingsFootball defense was clueless on that last Patriots drive. 6 days of prep and 4th quarter was pitiful #stribvikes #
Star-Tribune survey: Of 18,800-plus who voted, ~72 …

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Good international investment approach, invests qtrly in 10 ADRs appearing most often across hedge funds http://bit.ly/9ElLsg @AlphaClone #
Turbo Tax Facebook Push Yields Only 1% response but 100,000 New Customers http://t.co/oqLHLFG via @adage #
Apple Conference Call: Steve Jobs Goes off on competitors. Seems to me like a signal to sell $AAPL ? …

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No cost of living adjustment for Social Security? IMO, seniors could have avoided issues if they saved more and planned retirement better. #
Many hedge funds missed the Sept rally. TrimTabs reports that of hedge funds, only 31% were bullish on the S&P 500 – http://bit.ly/9jGZDI #
Exploring how many tweets actually …

 Asset Management       

Apparently, at least one investment management firm believes that enough Registered independent Investment Advisors utilize Twitter to invest in creating a new, dedicated Twitter channel.

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David Sobel from Abel Noser: Financial Services companies have to make employees give up privacy to protect the firm's reputation #
Who wants 15 mins of fame? No one when it comes to poor behavior on social media. Gives good example of searching for "boss jerk" on twitter #
Ken Fasone from …