On May 26, 2020 the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed an order instituting administrative cease-and-desist proceedings to a registered investment adviser and private equity firm for allegedly participating in insider trading. Click here to read the SEC’s Cease and Desist Order.
Form CRS/Form ADV Part 3 Filing and Delivery
June 05, 2020
On June 5, 2019 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved a new rule requiring investment adviser firms to provide retail investment clients with a Consumer Relationship Summary, also known as the Form CRS or Form ADV Part 3. An SEC registered investment adviser’s initial Form CRS/Form ADV Part 3 must be filed via IARD by June 30, 2020. The ADV Part 3 filing and delivery deadline is July 30, 2020. With this fast approaching deadline, investment advisers must act now to ensure the Form ADV Part 3 is timely filed and delivered.
Compliance with the new Form CRS/Form ADV Part 3 is fast approaching for investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and certain state securities regulators. An SEC registered investment adviser’s initial Form CRS/Form ADV Part 3 must be filed via IARD by June 30, 2020 and delivered to existing clients no later than July 30, 2020. Click here to read our recent blog on the SEC’s decision to maintain the original June 30, 2020 filing deadline.
Drafting Tips for ADV Part 3/Form CRS
May 20, 2020
The Division of Securities within the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies recently provided guidance to state-registered investment adviser firms who received Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans. Click here to review this guidance.
The following is informal (non-binding) guidance recently provided by the North Carolina Securities Division to a particular state-registered investment adviser firm regarding the disclosure of a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan as it relates to the investment adviser firm’s financial condition.
Earlier this year, the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. (“NASAA”) proposed a new model rule that would require investment adviser representatives (“IARs”) to complete a specified amount of continuing education (“CE”) credits each year. The proposed model rule would apply to every IAR registered in a state that adopts the model rule, including IARs associated with state registered investment adviser firms. It would also cover IARs for federal covered advisers (i.e. SEC-registered advisers) to the extent that those IARs are registered in a given state.
Regulatory Update: On June 19, 2020, the Oklahoma Department of Securities withdrew (effective immediately) its notice requiring state registered investment adviser firms to file the Form ADV Part 3/Form CRS. For additional details, please click here. As a result, the following requirements described below are no longer in effect.
In June 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a new rule requiring SEC registered investment adviser firms to prepare and deliver an easily accessible and understandable Consumer Relationship Summary, also known as the Form CRS or Form ADV Part 3, to retail investor clients. An SEC registered investment adviser’s initial Form CRS/Form ADV Part 3 must be filed with the SEC by June 30, 2020 and delivered to existing clients no later than July 30, 2020. Click here to read our recent blog on the SEC’s decision to maintain the original June 30, 2020 filing deadline.
