by Ara Jabrayan | Jan 24, 2022 | ADV Part 2A, compliance deficiencies, Fiduciary Duty, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs), Uncategorized
On January 11, 2022, a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) in Rockaway, New Jersey, consented to the entry of an SEC order that sanctioned the firm for several compliance deficiencies. The RIA also agreed to be censured and to cease-and-desist from engaging in the... by Ara Jabrayan | Jan 7, 2022 | Division of Examinations, Uncategorized
On September 20, 2021, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced its findings from a series of 1,206 coordinated examinations of state-registered investment advisers. NASAA found that nearly 59 percent of the investment advisers did... by Ara Jabrayan | Jan 7, 2022 | Division of Examinations, Fee Calculations, policies and procedures
On November 10, 2021, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (Division) published a Risk Alert containing examiners’ observations regarding investment advisers’ fee calculations. To arrive at these observations, examiners conducted approximately 130 examinations of... by Ara Jabrayan | Jul 27, 2021 | Division of Examinations, Examination Priorities, FORM CRS/Form ADV Part 3, Investment Adviser Representative, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs), RIA Compliance, RIA Compliance Policies, SEC NEWS, Uncategorized, Wrap fee
Wrap fee programs have been on the SEC’s radar for quite a while. When the SEC published its annual examination priorities in 2017, 2018, and 2019, wrap fee programs were mentioned as putting investors at risk. On July 21, 2021, the SEC’s Division of Examinations... by Ara Jabrayan | Apr 27, 2021 | Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), RIA Compliance, SEC Cybersecurity, SEC Investment Adviser Compliance, SEC Rules, Uncategorized
2020 was a busy year for the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. On November 19, 2020, Peter Driscoll, Director of the SEC’s Office Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), gave a speech at the National Investment Adviser/Investment Company...
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