Part II. Investment Advisor Representative Registration, Expiration, Updates and Amendments, Termination, and Changing Connection from One Investment Advisor to Another
21VAC5-80-70. Application for registration as an investment advisor representative.
A. Application for registration as an investment advisor representative shall be filed in compliance with all requirements of CRD and in full compliance with forms and regulations prescribed by the commission. The application shall include all information required by such forms.
B. An application shall be deemed incomplete for registration as an investment advisor representative unless the following executed forms, fee, and information are submitted:
1. Form U4.
2. The statutory fee made payable to FINRA in the amount of $40.
3. Evidence of passing: (i) the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination, Series 65; (ii) the Uniform Combined State Law Examination, Series 66, and the General Securities Representative Examination, Series 7; or (iii) a similar examination in general use by securities administrators which, after reasonable notice and subject to review by the commission, the Director of the Division of Securities and Retail Franchising designates.
4. All individuals listed on Part 1 of Form ADV in Schedule A and Item 2. A. of Part 1B as having supervisory responsibilities of the investment advisor shall take and pass the examinations as required in subdivision 3 of this subsection, and register as a representative of the investment advisor.
5. Any other information the commission may require.
C. The commission shall either grant or deny each application for registration within 30 days after it is filed. However, if additional time is needed to obtain or verify information regarding the application, the commission may extend such period as much as 90 days by giving written notice to the applicant. No more than three such extensions may be made by the commission on any one application. An extension of the initial 30-day period, not to exceed 90 days, shall be granted upon written request of the applicant.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1100, Case No. SEC870040, eff. July 2, 1987; amended, Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 20, eff. July 1, 2001; Volume 25, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2009; Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013; Volume 34, Issue 9, eff. December 1, 2017.
21VAC5-80-80. Expiration.
The registration of an investment advisor representative shall expire annually at midnight on the 31st day of December unless renewed in accordance with 21VAC5-80-90.
Statutory Authority
§ 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1101, Case No. SEC870040, eff. July 2, 1987.
21VAC5-80-90. Renewals.
To renew the registration of its investment advisor representatives, an investment advisor or federal covered advisor will be billed by IARD the statutory fee of $40 per investment advisor representative. A renewal of registration shall be granted as a matter of course upon payment of the proper fee or fees unless the registration was, or the renewal would be, subject to revocation under § 13.1-506 of the Act.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1102, Case No. SEC870040, eff. July 2, 1987; amended by Case No. SEC890040, eff. July 1, 1989; Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 25, eff. September 1, 1997; Volume 15, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 20, eff. July 1, 2001; Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013; Volume 34, Issue 9, eff. December 1, 2017.
21VAC5-80-100. Updates and amendments.
An investment advisor representative shall amend or update Form U4 as required by the "Amendment Filings" provisions set forth under "How to Use Form U4." All filings shall be made in compliance with all requirements of CRD.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1103, Case No. SEC870040, eff. July 2, 1987; amended by Case No. SEC890040, eff. July 1, 1989; Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 20, eff. July 1, 2001; Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013.
21VAC5-80-110. Termination of registration.
A. When an investment advisor representative terminates his registration with an investment advisor, or an investment advisor terminates an investment advisor representative's registration, the investment advisor shall file notice of such termination on Form U5 within 30 calendar days of the date of termination. All filings shall be made on CRD.
B. When an investment advisor representative terminates his registration with a federal covered advisor, the federal covered advisor shall file notice of such termination on Form U5 within 30 calendar days of the date of termination. All filings shall be made on CRD.
C. If a representative learns that the investment advisor has not filed the appropriate notice, the representative may file notice with the commission at its Division of Securities and Retail Franchising. The commission may terminate the representative's registration if the commission determines that an investment advisor (i) is no longer in existence, (ii) has ceased conducting securities business, or (iii) cannot reasonably be located.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1104, Case No. SEC870040, eff. July 2, 1987; amended by Case No. SEC890040, eff. July 1, 1989; Case No. SEC910057, eff. July 1, 1991; Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 25, eff. September 1, 1997; Volume 51, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 20, eff. July 1, 2001; Volume 25, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2009; Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013.
21VAC5-80-120. Changing a connection from one investment advisor or federal covered advisor to another.
An investment advisor representative who changes connection from one investment advisor or federal covered advisor to another shall comply with 21VAC5-80-70.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1105, Case No. SEC870040, eff. July 2, 1987; amended by Case No. SEC890040, eff. July 1, 1989; Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 25, eff. September 1, 1997.
21VAC5-80-130. Examination/qualification.
A. An individual applying for registration as an investment advisor representative shall be required to provide evidence of passing within the two-year period immediately preceding the date of the application (i) the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination, Series 65; (ii) the Uniform Combined State Law Examination, Series 66 and the General Securities Representative Examination, Series 7; or (iii) a similar examination in general use by securities administrators which, after reasonable notice and subject to review by the commission, the Director of the Division of Securities and Retail Franchising designates.
B. Any individual who meets the qualifications set forth in subsection A of this section and is registered as an investment advisor or investment advisor representative in any state jurisdiction requiring registration within the two-year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of an application shall not be required to satisfy the examination requirements set forth in subsection A of this section, except that the commission may require additional examinations for any individual found to have violated any federal or state securities laws.
C. The examination requirements shall not apply to an individual who currently holds and is in good standing under one of the following professional designations:
1. Certified Financial Planner (CFP) issued by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.;
2. Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) awarded by The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania;
3. Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) administered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
4. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) granted by the Association for Investment Management and Research;
5. Chartered Investment Counselor (CIC) granted by the Investment Counsel Association of America; or
6. Such other professional designation, after reasonable notice and subject to review by the commission, as the director of the division designates.
D. In lieu of meeting the examination requirement described in subsection A of this section, an applicant who meets all the qualifications set forth below may file with the commission at its division an executed Affidavit for Waiver of Examination (Form S.A.3).
1. No more than one other individual connected with the applicant's investment advisor is utilizing the waiver at the time the applicant files Form S.A.3.
2. The applicant is, and has been for at least the five years immediately preceding the date on which the application for registration is filed, actively engaged in the investment advisory business.
3. The applicant has been for at least the two years immediately preceding the date on which the application is filed the president, chief executive officer or chairman of the board of directors of an investment advisor organized in corporate form or the managing partner, member, trustee or similar functionary of an investment advisor organized in noncorporate form.
4. The investment advisor or advisors referred to in subdivision 3 of this subsection has been actively engaged in the investment advisory business and during the applicant's tenure as president, chief executive officer, chairman of the board of directors, or managing partner, member, trustee or similar functionary had at least $40 million under management.
5. The applicant verifies that he has read and is familiar with the investment advisor and investment advisor representative provisions of the Act and the provisions of Parts I through V of this chapter.
6. The applicant verifies that none of the questions in Item 14 (disciplinary history) on his Form U4 have been, or need be, answered in the affirmative.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1106, Case No. SEC890040, eff. July 1, 1989; amended by Case No. SEC920008, eff. October 15, 1992; Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 21, eff. July 1, 1995; Volume 13, Issue 25, eff. September 1, 1997; Errata, 13:26 VA.R. 3710 September 15, 1997; Volume 15, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1999; Volume 25, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2009; Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013; Volume 31, Issue 25, eff. July 31, 2015.
21VAC5-80-140. (Repealed.)
Historical Notes
Derived from Rule 1200, Case No. SEC870040, eff. July 2, 1987; amended, Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 25, eff. September 1, 1997; Volume 14, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1998; repealed, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2009.
21VAC5-80-145. (Repealed.)
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2010; repealed, Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013.