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 | Jan 6, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs), RIA Compliance, Uncategorized
As you all know, over the last few years, many custodial broker-dealers such as Schwab and TD Ameritrade have reduced their trading commissions to zero on U.S. equities, most ETFs, and most Class A shares of mutual funds. Historically, many custodial broker-dealers... by Ara Jabrayan | Oct 8, 2021 | Department of Labor, ERISA, Fiduciary Duty, Investment Adviser Representative, Investment Advisers Act, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs), RIA Compliance, RIA Compliance Policies, SEC Rules, Solicitation, Uncategorized
On December 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final prohibited transaction exemption addressing investment advice fiduciaries to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). RIA...
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