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 18, 2022 | SEC NEWS, SEC Rules, Securities Exchange Act, Supervision Initiative, Uncategorized
On December 17, 2021, the SEC announced charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JP Morgan), a broker-dealer subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. The SEC alleged that the broker-dealer failed to maintain and preserve certain written communications. JP Morgan... 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 | Sep 29, 2021 | 12b-1 Fees, Division of Examinations, Fiduciary Duty, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs), RIA Compliance, SEC Rules, Uncategorized, Wrap fee
In recent weeks, the SEC has continued to bring enforcement actions against Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) that breached their fiduciary duty to advisory clients. These enforcement actions demonstrate the SEC’s concerns about RIAs that breach their fiduciary...
Recent Comments