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The FCA recently published guidance reiterating a long-standing mandate of the regulator: the onus is on FCA-regulated organisations to monitor employee behaviour for bad actors. Therefore, even if conduct isn’t tied to a specific rule, poor behaviour that results in someone getting harmed will see the FCA take action. For firms doing business in the […]
This is part 3 in a series on the “Last Mile” of Digital Maturity. Read part 1 here, and part 2 on reaching and attracting the right prospect here. Reaching and attracting the right prospects calls for a strong digital presence with credibility. Once that’s established, it’s time to to turn to scale and reach. […]
The First Step in Developing Last-Mile Digital Maturity As we shared in our first blog post of this series, a new phase of digital maturity is underway. Transformational financial services firms are proactively orchestrating how the field engages with clients in the “last-mile” and guiding seamless handoffs between channels to deliver business outcomes. Guiding your […]
Accessing—and acting upon—financial advice seen on social media platforms is nothing new. But not until the recent trading frenzy around GameStop has this new reality come under sharp scrutiny. After retail investors on a Reddit discussion board drove an astronomical increase in stock value, GameStop stock is now sharply falling. The resulting volatility has led […]
Last year’s global pandemic put every business to the test, and TechGirl Financial was no exception. Victor Gaxiola and his wife Kim had worked in financial services since 2004, but together, they established TechGirl Financial in 2011 to serve a specific niche market: women in technology. Although the pair have always run a digital-first operation, […]
On December 22nd, 2020, the SEC finalized the Modernized Marketing Rule, culminating a monumental shift in the way they will view advertisements and solicitations by investment advisers going forward. This landmark update – referred to simply as the “Marketing Rule” aims to create a more evergreen, consolidated set of guidelines for anyone subject to the […]
A new phase of digital maturity is underway. Transformational firms are optimizing across the client journey, proactively orchestrating the way in which the field engages with their clients in the “last-mile” and guiding seamless handoffs between channels to deliver business outcomes. To help you get there, Hearsay has developed a framework for how you can […]
Across the course of 2020, a multitude of articles have been released sharing leadership strategies to help us navigate through uncertain and trying times. Leaders across organizations have devoured this guidance as they found there to be no playbook for 2020 and craved expert insights. But now, as we turn into 2021, leaders are asking […]
No two Compliance organizations are exactly alike, especially when it comes to their approach to supervision. There are however some common best practices in how leading firms structure their supervision model. Over the past decade, Hearsay’s Compliance Strategy lead, Iain Duke-Richardet, led compliance teams for some of the world’s largest financial services firms. I had […]