Doug Cornelius on compliance for private equity real estate
Of the trio of regulatory releases from the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, the one targeted at registered investment advisers is a little weird. It sets out the fiduciary duty of investment advisers, sort of, and proposes some new regulations. One of the problems with the fiduciary duty is that it is not explicitly … Read more »
Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act prohibits fraud, deception or manipulation, regardless of whether the fund manager is registered. Once registered, Rule 206(4)-1 imposes additional restrictions on advertising that the SEC has determined would be fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative. The first item on the list of fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative practices is testimonials, which … Read more »
Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act prohibits fraud, deception or manipulation, regardless of whether the fund manager is registered. Once registered, Rule 206(4)-1 imposes additional restrictions on advertising that the SEC has determined would be fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative. The first item on the list of fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative practices is testimonials, which … Read more »
Investment advisers, and therefore fund managers once they register as investment advisers, are limited in how they advertise. Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act already prohibits fraud, deception or manipulation, regardless of whether the fund manager is registered. Once registered, Rule 206(4)-1 imposes additional restrictions on advertising that the SEC has determined would be … Read more »
Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act prohibits fraud, deception or manipulation, regardless of whether the fund manager is registered. Once registered, Rule 206(4)-1 imposes additional restrictions on advertising that the SEC has determined would be fraudulent deceptive or manipulative. The first item on the list of restrictions is testimonials. This prohibition reflects the concern … Read more »
In it’s prohibition against fraud, deceit and manipulation, Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act is strict. There is no requirement of intent. You can argue that you didn’t mean to mean to commit fraud. That may affect whether you get referred to enforcement instead of merely getting hit with a deficiency letter or an … Read more »
Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act prohibits fraud, deception or manipulation, regardless of whether the fund manager is registered. Once registered, Rule 206(4)-1 imposes additional restrictions on advertising that the SEC has determined would be fraudulent deceptive or manipulative. So what is an advertisement for purposes of the rule 206(4)-1: “[A]ny notice, circular, letter … Read more »
As a private fund manager registering as an investment adviser, you get new limitations on how you market and sell interests in your funds. It all starts with Section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act: It shall be unlawful for any investment adviser, by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate … Read more »
With the upcoming requirement that advisers to many private investment funds must register with the SEC, I figured it was time to look at some of the requirements that registration will impose. Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act requires registered investment advisers to “establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed, taking … Read more »