National Ethics Bureau and ProducersWEB.com Peer into Future with TrendWatch 2.0 Podcast Series. |
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SAN DIEGO, CA, September 1, 2009—To help financial professionals benefit from emerging industry trends, National Ethics Bureau (NEB) has once again partnered with ProducersWEB.com to produce a monthly podcast series. Entitled Trendwatch 2.0, the series is available exclusively on ProducersWEB.com.
Hosted by NEB Chairman Steven R. McCarty, the new series brings together the industry’s top experts to help producers stay one step ahead of the issues that are transforming the business today.
“As always, we are delighted to partner with ProducersWEB.com,” said NEB’s McCarty. “They have the leading platform for communicating with financial professionals. And they are committed to publishing valuable content that helps advisors advance in the marketplace.”
“We have come to rely on NEB to provide a valuable perspective on the important trends changing our industry,” said Jeff Schottland, Vice President of e-Media with ProducersWEB.com. “I will count on Steve to ask hard questions about how advisors can sell, serve, and win in the future.”
Three podcasts are currently slated for broadcast, including:
- The Future of Retirement Planning, with guest Michael Reese, who runs a Registered Investment Advisory firm and teaches advanced tax strategies to RIA’s nationwide.
- The Future of Annuity Sales, with guest Van Mueller, registered representative with the Wisconsin Agency of New England Financial Services. He is an industry columnist, and has been featured in Financial Advisor magazine
- The Future of Annuity Regulation, with guest Kim O’Brien, executive director of the National Association for Fixed Annuities (NAFA). O’Brien spearheaded the industry's effort to overturn SEC Rule #151a.
Program launch and guest information will be announced over the next several weeks. Financial professionals can access TrendWatch podcasts at TrendWatchPodcast.com.
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About National Ethics Bureau:
The National Ethics Bureau™ (NEB) is a leading advocate for business ethics in the financial services industry. NEB promotes ethical business practices through its trade-magazine columns, conference presentations, monthly newsletter, and website content. It also maintains a membership community of background-checked advisors who have agreed to uphold its principles and membership standards.
NEB also sponsors an affordable errors and omissions insurance program and state-approved ethics and compliance CE courses for licensed insurance agents and securities brokers.
For the general public, NEB provides the ability to purchase a background check on any financial professional prior to doing business.
NEB is not a financial designation, nor does it endorse any products or services offered by its members or sponsors.
For more information, visit www.ethicscheck.com www.ethicscheck.com.
About ProducersWEB.com:
Producers WEB is the leading online destination for insurance and financial advisors and producers and a powerful lead generation machine for those companies trying to reach into all levels of the producer market. The audience is large, diverse, qualified and growing fast with more than 315,000 unique visitors in the last 12 months. This one-stop web resource, updated daily, offers producers the freshest tools, product information and sales strategies necessary to maintain their successful practices. ProducersWEB’s unique business strategy utilizes this content to develop a constant source of leads for its client base through a series of e-newsletters, new product offerings and the building of a dynamic online producer community. This highly engaged targeted audience is the source of 6,000 leads per month for its sponsors.
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