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US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275) Readiness Advisory

Score your readiness for free, then turn the results into a plan in a 30-minute strategy call with Ivanka, co-founder of The Art of Service, which has trained 54,000+ professionals across 160+ countries.

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Mapped Frameworks
United States (federal)
Jurisdiction

Why work with Ivanka on US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275)

The federal regime for investment advisers in the United States: who must register with the SEC or the States, the Form ADV, brochure and relationship summary disclosures, five-year books and records, insider trading procedures and the code of ethics for access persons, the limits on performance fees and assignment of advisory contracts, the antifraud provisions with their principal-trade consent…

Compliance work stalls when it is treated as a checklist. Ivanka treats US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275) as a strategic decision: what matters most for your organisation, what to do first, and what your leadership team needs to understand. For 25 years she has built The Art of Service, whose compliance platform now covers 1,062 frameworks.

The free readiness assessment scores your organisation against the 23 controls across 7 domains of US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275). The strategy call turns those scores into priorities.

Relevant credentials

  • Co-founder of The Art of Service, which has trained 54,000+ professionals across 160+ countries
  • MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program graduate
  • EXIN Expert Panel member

What you get in 30 minutes

Gap Assessment Review

Ivanka reviews your US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275) readiness scores with you and agrees which gaps matter most. Specific to your results, not generic advice.

Implementation Roadmap

A clear, prioritised plan for addressing gaps across 7 domains: what you can build on from existing work and what needs new investment.

Cross-Framework Strategy

How US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275) fits with the other obligations you already manage, so it strengthens your existing programme instead of running beside it.

Domains covered in US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275)

01Sections 206 to 208 and the section 206(4) rules: antifraud, principal trades, marketing, custody, pay to play, proxy voting, compliance programmes, pooled vehicles
02Release IA-5248: the fiduciary duty of care and duty of loyalty as the SEC interprets section 206
03Section 204 and rules 203-1, 204-1, 204-3, 204-4, 204-5 and 204(b)-1: Form ADV, brochures, Form CRS and private fund reporting
04Rules 204-2 and 204A-1 and section 204A: books and records, insider trading procedures and the code of ethics
05Section 205 and rule 205-3: advisory contract terms, performance fees and assignment
06Sections 201 to 203A and 222: findings, definitions, who must register with the SEC or the States, and the exemptions

Plus 1 additional domains. See the full assessment →

This is for you if

  • You need to achieve US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275) compliance but don’t know where to start or how to prioritise
  • You’ve been told you’re “compliant” but suspect gaps exist that haven’t been properly assessed
  • You manage compliance for registered investment advisers, private fund, hedge fund and venture capital advisers, wealth management and financial planning firms, robo-advisers, bank and insurance affiliated advisory units, dually registered broker-dealer and adviser firms, fund administrators and compliance consultants serving advisers organisations and need expert guidance, not generic templates
  • You want to leverage existing compliance efforts across multiple frameworks rather than starting from scratch
  • You need a strategic plan your leadership team and board will actually understand and support

Start with a free assessment. Then let's talk strategy.

Take the free US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Adviser Rules (17 CFR Part 275) readiness diagnostic. In 5 minutes you'll have a clear picture of where your gaps are. Then book the strategy call and Ivanka will help you decide how to close them.

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