Smarsh launches social media compliance guide for advisers

Jenna Towler
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Smarsh has launched a series of tools to help financial advisers safely navigate social media following the regulator's final guidance.

The compliance and archiving firm has produced an e-book and a series of webinars on the subject following the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) final guidance. The free download UK financial advisers guide to social media regulations breaks down the FCA final guidance, outlines social media usage and supervision guidelines and includes examples of best practice to manage social media compliance. Smarsh regional director EMEA James Thompson, said: "The recent final guidance from the regulator is a good starting point but with many of the finer points deliberately left open to interp...

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