Part 1 Flashcards
Not a person
Dead, Minor, mentally incompetent
Release IA-1092
Financial planners, Pension consultants, and sports/ entertainment reps
Exclusions for IA
Banks, Savings institutions, and trust companies
“LATE”
Broker-Dealers
publishers of general and regular circulation
person advising on government securities
IAR’s
Federal covered investment advisers
Exempt from SEC
Intrastate: no advise, no clients are private funds, and registered with the state
Insurance companies
Exempt from State
De Minimis: No place of business, 5 or fewer clients in 12 months
No place of business & Only deals with the institution, BD, or other advisers
Snowbird exemption
Who is considered under the Federal/SEC
federal registered, covered adviser, and federal covered advisers
Form ADV Part 1A
Business name/ form organization
past 5 years of business and current affiliations of control
edu background
nature of business
balance sheets certified by independent public accountant
scope of authority of client funds
compensation arrangement
criminal record
how much of the business is investment advise
consent to service of process
filing fee
Form ADV Part 1B
State registered advisers only
90 Days
Annual updating amendment to Form ADV
Annual updating amendment to Form ADV
90 days
Form ADV-W
withdrawl
discretion
$10,000
Custody
$35,000
below net worth notify the admin within how many days
1 Day
file financial report with admin within how many days
1 day
recordkeeping
keep at the office for two years in physical forms
Supervisors
Principle
IAR Exclusions
Clerical and administrative personal
individuals providing only impersonal investment advice
research analysts if no advisory clients
IAR Exemptions State
De Minimis rule
Snowbird rule
IAR Exemptions Fed
Covered adviser, only registered in states where the IAR maintains a place of business
Broker-dealer definition
a person engaged in the business of effecting securities transactions of accounts of others or for own account
Broker Dealers
Register with Both SEC and states in which they do business
helps bring new issues to issue
broker-dealer, underwriter, and investment banker
BD exclusions
agents
issuers
banks, savings institutions or trust companies
internet broker-dealer- general advise
BD with no office in the state who limits clients to issues of the security, other BD’s or institutional investors