Custody

Here are more FAQs provided by the SEC for its custody rule. These are the additions released May 20, 2010.

Those surprise audits called for by the SEC's revised custody rule by definition dictate that you won't know when they'll occur but this doesn't mean ...

You know the SEC may well contact your clients about the safety of their assets during exams (IA Watch, March 23, 2009). Now the Commission ...

The newly revised custody rule includes two requirements that went into effect with the rule March 12: (1) Include a legend with statements to clients ...

The owners of the RIA act as trustees to the firm's 401(k) plan. However, this in and of itself wouldn't subject it to the new ...

The SEC's frequently asked questions around its custody rule.

For the third time this month - and for the first time since the revised custody rule took effect this month - the Commission has ...

Last week we mentioned you should get moving on that new legend requirement for account statements within the revised custody rule (IA Watch, March 15, ...

The frequently asked questions the SEC put out last week go a long way toward instilling confidence among firms concerned about complying with the revised ...

Before this week is out, the SEC's revised custody rule takes effect (IA Watch, Feb. 15, 2010), even as some suggest the agency should delay ...