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• July 15, 2011

  ACN is proud to sponsor ReGroup's IMPORTANT VOICES 2011

  
  

  ACN is proud to sponsor ReGroup’s IMPORTANT VOICES 2011 leadership conference.
  Important Voices is perfect for CCOs and other executives with responsibility for inter-departmental risk management res   Read more...

• January 27, 2011

  Advisors Drag Heels On New Disclosure Rule - Form ADV Part 2

  
  

  Financial Advisor Magazine - January 26, 2011
  
  (Dow Jones) The deadline for more and clearer disclosure by registered investment advisors is looming--and many of them aren't set to comply with the new rules. To give clients and   Read more...

• January 25, 2011

  ADV overhaul: Plain English is Greek to some advisers

  
  Investment News Article, Liz Skinner 1.23.11
  
  Many financial advisers are finding out that they aren't as fluent in English as they thought.
  Starting March 31, many advisers will be required to provide clients with plain-English   Read more...
• January 17, 2011

  Form ADV Part 2B, Brochure Supplements - New SEC deadline

  
  

  Investment News article 1.11.11, Liz Skinner
  
  Advisers have an additional four months to prepare “plain English” brochure supplements about their investment personnel thanks to an extension granted by the Securities and E   Read more...

• December 29, 2010

  ACN Form ADV Part 2 software in NSCP Current issue

  
  

  When you have the right tools you can do just about anything.  See our ad in the latest issue of Currents.    
    
  NSCP Currents | November-December 2010  Read more...

• December 28, 2010

  SEC’s New Form ADV Requirements: Fidelity Offers Guidance

  
  

  Advisor One | December 20, 2010 | By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne
  
  The SEC’s Form ADV Part 2, a 26-page form requiring 10.6 hours of “estimated average burden hou   Read more...

• December 1, 2010

  Tips To Help You Complete Your Form ADV Part 2

  
  1. It is complicated and time consuming – don’t wait until next year to start. The SEC is asking for additional information in the new Form ADV that was not required in the old ADV Part II.
  
  2. Perfect your writing in "plai   Read more...
• November 20, 2010

  Dear S.E.C., Please Make Brokers Accountable to Customers

  
  By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD, The New York Times, November 20, 2010 
  The S.E.C. is considering making stock and insurance brokers put their customers’ interests first. Here’s why it should write that rule.
  Read Full   Read more...
• October 11, 2010

  Financial Advisers Find Help With Form ADV Part 2 Overhaul

  
  OCTOBER 11, 2010 (CLEVELAND, OH) - It is not just big business deploying software-as-a-service solutions (SaaS). An increased number of registered investment advisers are turning to SaaS. Times have changed due to increased regulator   Read more...
• July 21, 2010

  SEC Approves Disclosure Form Changes to Provide Investors Greater Information About Their Investment Advisers

  
  Form ADV, Part 2 — commonly referred to as the “brochure” — explains to the investor an investment adviser’s qualifications, investment strategies, and business practices.
  
  Access the Read more...