(a) An individual may not transact business in this state as an investment adviser representative unless the individual is registered under this chapter as an investment adviser representative or is exempt from registration as an investment adviser representative under (b) of this section.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 45.56.350
administrator: means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or a designee of the commissioner. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
broker-dealer: means a person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the accounts of others or for the person's own account. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
federal covered investment adviser: means a person registered under 15 U. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
filing: means the receipt under this chapter of a record by the administrator or a designee of the administrator. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
investment adviser: includes a financial planner or other person that, as an integral component of other financially related services, provides investment advice to others for compensation as part of a business or that holds itself out as providing investment advice to others for compensation. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
investment adviser representative: means an individual employed by or associated with an investment adviser or federal covered investment adviser and who makes any recommendations or otherwise gives investment advice regarding securities, manages accounts or portfolios of clients, determines which recommendation or advice regarding securities should be given, provides investment advice or offers to provide investment advice, receives compensation to solicit, offer, or negotiate for the sale of or for selling investment advice, or supervises employees who perform any of the foregoing. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
Securities and Exchange Commission: means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
state: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
(b) The following individuals are exempt from the registration requirement of (a) of this section:
(1) an individual who is employed by or associated with an investment adviser that is exempt from registration under Alaska Stat. § 45.56.340(b) or a federal covered investment adviser that is excluded from the notice filing requirements of Alaska Stat. § 45.56.360; and(2) any other individual exempted by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter.(c) The registration of an investment adviser representative is not effective while the investment adviser representative is not employed by or associated with an investment adviser registered under this chapter or a federal covered investment adviser that has made or is required to make a notice filing under Alaska Stat. § 45.56.360.(d) An individual may transact business as an investment adviser representative for more than one investment adviser or federal covered investment adviser unless a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter prohibits or limits an individual from acting as an investment adviser representative for more than one investment adviser or federal covered investment adviser.(e) An individual acting as an investment adviser representative may not, directly or indirectly, conduct business in this state on behalf of an investment adviser or a federal covered investment adviser if the registration of the individual as an investment adviser representative is suspended or revoked or the individual is barred from employment or association with an investment adviser or a federal covered investment adviser by an order under this chapter, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a self-regulatory organization. Upon request from a federal covered investment adviser and for good cause, the administrator may by order, waive, in whole or in part, the application of the requirements of this subsection to the federal covered investment adviser.(f) An investment adviser registered under this chapter, a federal covered investment adviser that has filed a notice under Alaska Stat. § 45.56.360, or a broker-dealer registered under this chapter is not required to employ or associate with an individual as an investment adviser representative if the only compensation paid to the individual for a referral of investment advisory clients is paid to an investment adviser registered under this chapter, a federal covered investment adviser who has filed a notice under Alaska Stat. § 45.56.360, or a broker-dealer registered under this chapter with which the individual is employed or associated as an investment adviser representative.
