A. It is unlawful for a person that advises others for compensation, either directly or indirectly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities or that, for compensation and as part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports relating to securities:

(1)     to employ a device, scheme or artifice to defraud another person; or

(2)     to engage in an act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon another person.

B. A rule adopted pursuant to the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act may define an act, practice or course of business of an investment adviser or an investment adviser representative as fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative and may prescribe means reasonably designed to prevent investment advisers and investment adviser representatives from engaging in acts, practices and courses of business defined as fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative.

C. A rule adopted pursuant to the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act may specify the contents of an investment advisory contract entered into, extended or renewed by an investment adviser.