Series 66 take 2 Flashcards
Person
anyone not
Dead
Minor
mentally incompetent
3 prong test to determine if someone is investment advisor
Give advice on securities
as part of regular business
for which compensation is received.
investment counsel
principal business is the giving of investment advice
A substantial part of the business consists of rendering investment advisory services
This means giving continuous advice on the basis of individual client needs
sec release IA-1092 who is an investment advisor
Financial planners
Pension Consultants
Sports agents and entertainer agents.
when is a financial planner an investment advisor
person who advice’s clients to select among a variety of financial products.
person who recommends mixture of securities, insurance products, and real estate( this would be comprehensive plan)
compensated for investment advice
when a financial planner is compensated and it does not come directly from investment advice… is it still considered compensation
yes
what do pension consultants do
advice employee benefit plans on funding, alternative investments, performance evaluation, and advisor selection
when is sports agent IA
provide entertainers with contract negotiations, tax planning, budget, and money management(including investment recommendations
exclusion from investment advisor under the investment advisor act of 1940
These people are just not investment advisors
- bank, trust company, bank holding company
- Professionals providing incidental advice(Lawyers, accountants, teachers, engineers. and not charging fee
3.Broker Dealer, if no special compensation- must be solely incidental to their business
:Wrap fee program loses exception
- Person solely advising solely on government securities
- Publishers(General and regular circulation)(loses exclusion when advise is specific to market events
According to USA
Investment advisor Representatives
Federal Covered investment advisors
exemptions from investment advisor act 1940
As in exempt from sec registration
1.intrastate advisors(clients and offices only in one state
no advice on listed exchanges, no clients are private funds
- Only clients are insurance companies
Uniform Securities act exemptions
1.no place of business in state and
fewer than 6 individual retail(non institutional) clients in 12 months
- no place of business in the state and only deals with institutions(bank, trust company, savings and loan, insurance,investment companies, mutual funds, employee benefit plans with assets least than 1,000,000, and governmental agencies
- no place of business and only deals with investment advisors and broker dealers.
- Snowbird exception
title IV of the dodd Frank act of 2010
or also known as Private fund investment advisors registration act of 2010
- Private fund advisors with less than 150 million in assets
- Non us advisors with no place of business in the us and less than 25 million with us clients and investors
Venture Capital funds
These exemptions apply under federal and state law
private fund advisor under state law
in qualifying for the exemption, all investors must be qualified clients(2.1 million net worth or 1 million assets under management.)
Neither the private fund advisor nor any of its advisory affiliated are subject to bad actor provisions( felonies, suspension, expulsion etc).
this was skipped in video course
exclusion vs exemption
exclusion means excluded from definition, exemption is not subject to registration
Skipped in video course
Investment Advisor Registration SEC
110 or more
100-110 sec or state
if it is less than 100 but the following apply
- required to register in more than 15 states
- manage a registered investment company
- expect to meet 110 million within 120 days