The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management recently published an Information Update to provide clarification regarding filing certain Form ADV Part 1A amendments. On August 25, 2016, the Commission adopted amendments to Form ADV that have…
In August 2016, the SEC adopted amendments to Form ADV Part 1A, pursuant to Final Rule Release No. IA-4509 (Form ADV and Investment Advisers Act Rules). These changes are designed to provide additional information related to an advisers’ separately…
The Legal Tip for Jacko Law Group titled What RIAs Should Focus On In 2017: Regulatory Hot Topics – Mar. 2017 #2 in was written March, 2017.… Read More
Jacko Law Group, P.C. (“JLG”) wrote a Legal Tip titled Private Equity – 2015 Enforcement Summary And What To Expect In 2016 in January, 2016.… Read More
Last September, Houston-based Investment Advisory Firm, Robare Group Ltd. (“Robare”), was charged with violating Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 207 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The SEC’s enforcement division discovered an…
Jacko Law Group, PC (“JLG”) published its monthly Legal Risk Management Tip (“Legal Tip”), written by Managing Partner & CEO, Michelle Jacko. Jacko’s Legal Tip discusses the May 20, 2015 Securities and Exchange Commission’s Release No. IA-4091 which proposes certain amendments to Form ADV in order…
Michelle L. Jacko wrote a Legal Tip for Jacko Law Group titled How The Proposed Amendments To Form Adv And Advisers Act Will Impact Investment Advisers in May, 2015.… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today released an order instituting administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against an investment advisory firm and three top officials for violating the custody rule that requires firms to follow certain procedures when they control…
Recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted final rules (the “Harmonization Rules”) amending the compliance requirements for operators of investment companies (“RICs”) registered with the Securities and Exchange Commissions (“SEC”), who are also subject to registration as commodity pool…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requires all institutional investment managers that use the U.S. mail (or other means of instrumentality of interstate commerce) in the course of their business, and whom exercise investment discretion on over $100 million…