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Investment Adviser Representative Registration Requirement

October 18, 2009

Employees of Registered IAs Must Generally be Registered
State registered investment advisory firms need to make sure that their employees who are deemed to be “investment advisory representatives” are appropriately registered. This means that any employee (or owner) of the IA firm who provides investment advice or who has supervisory authority will generally need to [...]

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IARD Fee Waiver for 2010

October 13, 2009

The press release below from NASAA, the representative body of the state securities administrators, announces an IARD (Investment Adviser Registration Depository) fee waiver for next year.  The fee waiver will cover both the IARD fees for registering investment advisory firms as well as the fees for individuals.  Previously firms had to pay an IARD fee [...]

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Investment Adviser Registration Filing Tips

August 4, 2009

How to get an IA application approved quickly
Occasionally we find the opportunity to comment on other blog posts from other legal professions within and outside of the investment management industry.  A legal blogger who I regularly follow is David Feldman from the Reverse Mergers & SPAC Blog.  David is the expert in the reverse mergers [...]

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Form U4 and Form U5 | Information About the Uniform Registration Forms for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors

June 24, 2009

Purpose of the Forms and Discussion of Recently Approved Changes & Requirements
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States, and is the entity designated as the filing depository by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of the Investment Advisers Act of [...]

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SEC and Registered Hedge Fund Investment Advisors: Report by the GAO

November 3, 2008

This article is part of a series examining the statements in a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in February 2008.  The items in this report are important because they provide insight into how the government views the hedge fund industry and how that might influence the future regulatory environment for hedge funds.  [...]

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