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Eating Our Own Dog Food

by Lindsay

kasina has been talking for years about the rise of online social networking and Web 2.0. We've recommended that asset managers create venues for advisors, individual investors, and institutional investors to communicate about their experiences, share advice, and ask each other questions. We've pointed to the medical community, which has Sermo, an online network for physicians, supported, in part, by Pfizer.

But what about kasina's clients and other professionals in the asset management industry? Where can they go to share best practices, solicit advice from their peers, or ask questions about pressing e-Business and Distribution issues in the industry?

Starting today, they can visit the kasina Web Forum. kasina developed the Web Forum to give our clients a means to continue the types of conversations that happen at our Roundtables, and keep the dialogue open on an ongoing basis. The Forum is open ONLY to the industry, so registered participants won't have to worry about press or vendors trying to sell to them.

When users sign up for the Forum, they'll be able to:

• Post new topics and questions, or add replies to existing conversation threads
• Send private messages to other Forum members
• Create a profile and view the profiles of other members
• Search for specific topics or members

The Forum is still in Beta, and kasina is actively soliciting feedback from members so that we can work on improving it to meet the needs of our clients. Try it out and let us know what you think!