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While amended Form ADV filings are due on March 31, a Saturday, the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD) "is open for business," Paul Cellupica, deputy director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management, warned advisors Thursday.
Speaking at the Investment Adviser Association's compliance conference in Washington, Cellupica said that with the new changes to Forms ADV Part 1A, which took effect on Oct. 1 and require advisors to provide more information on their use of separately managed accounts, branch office operations and social media, he expects IM to be "getting much more robust data on separately managed accounts from advisors to institutional clients and the types of strategies they're using."
While the amended Form ADV requirements took effect on Oct. 1, many RIAs whose fiscal year ends with the calendar year will be filling out the new form by March 31.
Form ADV Part 1 is the form that the SEC uses to analyze the industry and that its exam unit, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, relies on to assess a firm's risk.
