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RIA Branch Audit Planning
Investment advisers should consider the need to perform a branch office inspection of branch offices pursuant to a branch office inspection schedule. Firms should consider whether a branch audit is warranted using factors such as nature and complexity of the branch’s business, volume of business, complaints, disclosures, number of registered [...]
New Hire Forms Checklist for RIAs
When a registered investment adviser on boards a new registered person, there are a couple of new hire forms the firm needs to collect to be compliant with applicable securities laws and regulations. To evidence completion of new hire forms by all associated persons, firms should adopt and implement written [...]
Form ADV Part 2B: Disclosures for Supervised Persons
Form ADV Part 2B is a brochure supplement that must contain certain information about specific individuals, acting on behalf of the investment adviser, who actually provide the investment advice and interact with the client. The brochure supplement is also a narrative format in plain English and includes six required disclosure [...]
Registering as an Agent for a Broker-Dealer
The USA defines an agent as any individual who represents a broker-dealer or an issuer in effecting or attempting to effect transactions in securities for their clients. Agents are individuals in a sales capacity who represent broker-dealers or issuers of securities. As agents, they act, usually on commission basis, on [...]
Minimums for RIAs Policies and Procedures
All RIAs are required to register either with the SEC or a state securities regulator. In general, RIAs managing less than $100 million of assets register with their home state, while those managing more than $100 million register with the SEC. Both federal covered advisers and state registered advisers have [...]
Form ADV Part 2A Appendix 1 Items GalleryForm ADV Part 2A Appendix 1 Items
Exempt Reporting Adviser, Filing Requirements, FINRA, IARD, NASAA, Registered Investment Advisers, Registrations, Rules and Regulations, Rules and Regulations, Rules and Regulations, SEC, SEC Registration, State Registration, Supervision
Form ADV Part 2A Appendix 1 Items
A wrap fee program is a program under which any client is charged a specified fee or fees not based directly on transactions in a client’s account for investment advisory services. Any RIA compensated under a wrap fee program does not use the normal brochure or Part 2A of the [...]