Registered investment advisers are accustomed to regulatory scrutiny. But the pressure to understand changing compliance regulations and to meet the requirements they impose has never been more intense. A range of scandals and abuses-from the laundering of terrorist funds to mutual fund trading shenanigans-has caused the Securities and Exchange Commission to tighten regulation and step up enforcement. Unfortunately, definitive compliance information-the kind that can save advisers precious time and spare them serious trouble-has not been easy to find. Until now.
The RIA's Compliance Solution Book gathers the information needed most and puts it all in one place. Here advisers will find plain-English translations of the rules that regulate such issues as: • advisory contracts and fees • advertising and client communications • RIA compliance programs and codes of ethics • custody of customer accounts • completing, filing, and amending Form ADV • selecting brokers and executing trades
