In the film Shadow of the Vampire, John Malcovich's character, film director Frederich Wilhelm Murnau tells William Dafoe's Nosferatu that "If it's not in the frame, it doesn't exist."

A similar rule seems to apply now to advisors, asset managers and the Internet.

Digital engagement has become such a critical component of the asset manager-advisor relationship that the manager’s online capabilities influences the overall perception of the firm for a majority of financial advisors, according to a new report from kasina titled What Advisors Do Online 2013. In fact, the report suggests that a fund firm's online capabilities affects the perceptions that three out of five advisors have of an asset manager.

A number of firms in the asset management industry have caught the Internet bug. AlpineWoods Capital launched a new website, while ING Financial Partners launched a new online wealth management platform.

Heartland significantly bolstered the way it garners comments from advisors via the Internet, while BMO kicked up its online presence. OpFunds did the same. 

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