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This is the first of a two-part series dealing with the state-registered investment adviser industry.  In this first post we examine the landscape and discuss common deficiencies identified in state adviser examinations.

Relevant statistics can be found in the North American Securities Administrators Association’s 2018 Investment Adviser Section Annual Report.  The Report offers an overview of the state-registered investment adviser industry in the US and highlights the work that state regulators and NASAA’s Investment Adviser Project Groups completed in 2017. The report should be viewed as a useful tool for state-registered advisers to anticipate and correct deficiencies that are commonly cited by state regulators. Continue reading ›

On October 18, 2016, Parker MacIntyre hosted a seminar addressing legal issues that registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) often face, including developing cybersecurity guidance and implications of the new Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule.  The attendees consisted of sixteen individuals representing thirteen RIAs registered from around the southeast.  Both SEC-registered and state-registered RIAs were represented among the attendees.

Parker MacIntyre was pleased to welcome Noula Zaharis, the Director of the Securities and Charities Division of the Secretary of State of Georgia, as a guest speaker.  She began the seminar with a presentation on how the Georgia Secretary of State registers and regulates investment advisers and common deficiencies encountered by the Georgia regulators.  Highlights from another presentation, entitled “Common Deficiencies, Exam Priorities, and Regulatory Initiatives,” included common deficiencies found in RIA examinations, exam priorities that RIAs should ideally be aware of, and the Secretary of State’s regulatory initiatives. Continue reading ›

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