In this short article you will learn more about the Broadridge Authored Content now available within AdvisorStream.
This extensive library is made up of FINRA-reviewed articles on a wide variety of wealth management topics designed to keep you top-of-mind and encourage important conversations. This library gives you access to a wealth of information and resources, including:
Newsstand
Alerts
| What’s Included? | Description | How Many? | FINRA Status |
| Client Alerts | Client Alerts are short, timely bulletins to help keep your clients up-to-date on newsworthy financial topics. | All Client Alerts published in last 12 months should be available. Approximately 40-50 at any given point. | All Client Alerts are filed with FINRA. (Many are published while letter still pending) |
| Video Client Alerts | Video Client Alerts are 2-3 minute videos on timely financial topics that can be shared with clients and prospects. | Video Client Alerts are generally removed when no longer appropriate for use or after 1 year. 8-10 should be available at any given point although we expect that number to increase in the coming year. | All Video Client Alerts are filed with FINRA. |
Market Summaries
| What’s Included? | Description | How Many? | FINRA Status |
| Market Summaries | Market Summaries are available in weekly, monthly, and quarterly editions. Market Summaries contain information on the Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 2000, Global Dow, Federal Funds interest rate, and 10-year Treasury yields as well as highlights of past and future economic data. The Quarterly Market Review replaces Market Month at the end of March, June, and September. The Annual Market Review replaces both quarterly and monthly Market Summaries for December. | There should always be 5 Market Reviews available:
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All Market Review Pieces are filed with FINRA, though they are generally published before the letter is received. |
Monthly eNewsletter
| What’s Included? | Description | How Many? | FINRA Status |
| eNewsletter articles | A library of compliant, timely articles written with target audiences in mind. | All eNewsletter articles published in the prior 6 months should be available—approximately 50 articles at any point in time. | All eNewsletter articles are filed with FINRA and the associated FINRA letter is available prior to publication.. |
On-Demand Content Library
Articles
| What’s Included? | Description | How Many? | FINRA Status |
| Concept Pieces | Concept Pieces are two-page articles on high-engagement financial topics | 200 Concept Pieces | All Concept Pieces are now filed with FINRA, though there are still some that are in queue for filing (topics that generally do not require FINRA filing) |
| Case Studies | Case Studies illustrate concepts or strategies using an expanded hypothetical example. | 10 Case Studies | Not filed with FINRA (these are all estate planning focused) |
| Consumer Articles | Client Articles are easy-to-read pieces on financial topics that you can use to help educate clients and prospects. | 350 Articles | Whether filed with FINRA depends on topic |
| FAQs | Client FAQs offer short answers to financial questions | 500 FAQs | Whether filed with FINRA depends on topic |
Videos
| What’s Included? | Description | How Many? | FINRA Status |
| Concept Videos | Concept Videos are 2-3 minute videos on financial topics that are updated as needed. | Approximately 50 (library continues to grow) | All Concept Videos are filed with FINRA |
Tools & Infographics
| What’s Included? | Description | How Many? | FINRA Status |
| Illustration | Illustrations present information in a graphic. | Approximately 100 Illustrations | Not filed with FINRA (some older FINRA letters are associated with specific pieces) |
| Tables | Tables present information in an easy-to-read format | Approximately 100 Tables | Not filed with FINRA (some older FINRA letters are associated with specific pieces) |
| Worksheets | Worksheets provide brief explanations of financial topics along with fields to input related data. | Approximately 20 Worksheets | Not filed with FINRA (some older FINRA letters are associated with specific pieces) |
| Checklists | Checklists are client-ready, comprehensive lists of important steps related to life events. | 23 Checklists | Not filed with FINRA |
Advisor Education
| What’s Included? | Description | How Many? | FINRA Status |
| Topic Discussions | Topic Discussions are educational articles written at a higher level of detail for advisors on a variety of financial topics. | 1,000 + | Not filed with FINRA (some older FINRA letters are associated with specific pieces) |
The Broadridge content covers hundreds of specific wealth-management and economic topics.
How Often is Content Added/Created?
There are certain content types that are on a regular development timeline:
- Market review pieces are published Weekly, Monthly (Video and Text), Quarterly (Video and Text), and Annually (Video and Text)
- Newsletter articles are published monthly (7 new articles per month)
- We generally publish a Client Alert each week, although there are occasionally weeks without a Client Alert, and sometimes weeks that have more than one Client Alert
- We generally have either a Video Client Alert or a Concept Video published each month
In addition to the above, we’re regularly updating and refreshing existing materials in the library. And we’re adding new materials to the library and tend to focus development efforts on specific topics during the year.
Content Release Schedule
| Weekly Market Reviews | Published the first business day of the week. |
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Monthly Market Reviews [text version] |
Published on the first business day of the time period (i.e., Market Month for July is published on the first business day of August). |
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Quarterly Market Reviews [text version] |
Published on the first business day of the time period (i.e., quarterly Q1 is published on the first business day of April). |
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Annual Market Reviews [text version] |
Published on the first business day of the time period (i.e., Market Month for July is published on the first business day of August). |
| Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Market Reviews [video version] |
Published generally within 5 business days for Market Month and within 8 business days for Quarterly and annual Market reviews. |
| Alerts |
Published generally on Tuesday's. |
| Monthly eNewsletter |
Newsletter articles are generally published on the 15th of the month unless the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday. |
Advisor Portal
- Starting today, and going forward, we’ll be publishing a Video version of Market Week at the beginning of the week
- The video is approximately 1 minute long, and has no voiceover (only a music background)
- The video should be available in Advisor Portal (Newsletter) sometime after noon on Mondays
- This new video will show up in the list of content types that can be sent via Set & Forget—Set & Forget will be turned off for the new Market Week Video by default, though clients can elect to go into Set & Forget and turn it on.
- While it will be available for clients to send manually on Mondays, the video will likely not be sent via Set & Forget from Advisor Portal until the next day (Tuesday)
AdvisorStream
- The Video version of Market Week will be available in AdvisorStream; it should generally be available every Monday afternoon.
- It will be found in the Broadridge library under (Newsstand) Market Summaries
- We’ll work to integrate into overall Set & Forget functionality being added to AdvisorStream
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