Exercise
Answer true or false
- 1. _Partners, officers, and directors of an investment adviser are required to register as IARs only if they regularly give investment advice.
- 2. _ IARs who work for federally-covered investment advisers register at the federal level.
- 3. _IARs are not subject to net capital requirements.
- 4. _IARs are subject to most of the same post-registration requirements as the firms for which they work.
- 5. _IARs in some cases are responsible for notifying a state administrator in the case of their termination.
Answers
- 1. False. Partners, officers, and directors of an IA are automatically registered as IARs when the firm registers.
- 2. False. IARs only register at the state level. They cannot register federally.
- 3. True. Unlike the IAs for which they work, IARs never