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Compliance Calendar For A Solo RIA: Staying On Top Of Compliance Tasks While Serving Clients

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One of the most intimidating aspects of launching a solo advisory firm is the question of how to manage compliance. Creating a compliance calendar for a solo RIA can help to systematize and manage compliance tasks, requirements and deadlines.

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Performance Advertising Guidelines For Investment Advisers Under the SEC’s New Marketing Rule

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For investment advisers looking to attract prospective clients, advertising the performance of their investment strategies would be a logical way to market their services (at least if they had strong historical returns!).

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Crafting An Annual Compliance Calendar For A (Solo) RIA: Staying On Top Of Compliance Tasks While Serving Clients

Nerd's Eye View

One of the most intimidating aspects of launching a solo advisory firm is the question of how to manage compliance. Putting all of this information together, it’s possible to create a compliance calendar that accounts for each task required, its frequency, and the due date for each.

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Paid Solicitation Under The SEC Marketing Rule: Using Third-Parties For Lead Generation And Prospecting

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In recent years, though, the growing use of lead-generation services, advisor networks, and ‘advisor-matching’ tools, referred to as “operators” in the Marketing Rule’s Adopting Release, has given rise to third-party solicitation activity that often looks more like advertising directly to prospective clients.

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Form U4: Common Missteps And Best Practices For RIAs

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All Investment Adviser Representatives (IAR) of registered investment advisory firms are required to file Form U4, a regulatory filing containing public disclosures of certain information about financial professionals. Read More.

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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023 bgregorio Mon, 08/14/2023 - 05:34 Just want the PDF? Factor risk is best described as any exposure that can explain the portfolio returns other than the individual investments, such as a “theme” or a sector. For us, the factors are basically a wash over a long horizon.

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

The Big Picture

Brian Hamburger has been one of the leading authorities in the world of registered investment advisories, broker-dealers, SEC regulatory compliance. We also co-invested in an investment recently where we — RITHOLTZ: That’s right. HAMBURGER: — we participated in the same investment. Has that closed?