Brochure Rule

  

This rule came as part of the 1940 Investment Act, and it requires that folks selling securities provide written documentation of what they are selling, i.e. a brochure. That way, if things ever go to court, there's no "he said, she said" in front of the very angry Judge Judy. All the pertinent facts are written down. Preferably not in crayon.

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Finance a la shmoop. What is the Investment Advisors Act of 1940? [The question written on a blackboard]

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All right well a whole lot of acting going on in that 1940 there, best actor Robert [1940s black and white film]

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Donat best actress Vivien Leigh, best investment Act yeah this one well too

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many poor uneducated folks got taken in the market gyrations of the wild stock [Girl looking offended]

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market in the decade and changed before this act happened. So Congress then set

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out a whole bunch of standards under which Investment Advisers must act yeah [Documents from the act]

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see where we got that whole acting thing all right for example investment [The title of the act is highlighted]

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advisors with more than 25 million bucks under their care must register with the [Advisor next to a big sack of money]

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SEC making all of their actions quote aboveboard unquote and making it much

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harder for fast-talkin city slickers to abscond with the hard-earned savings of [Adviser taking money away from people]

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ma and pa farmer. Well the Act also outlined the structure under which

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advisors can charge fees and it created the then path-breaking notion that an

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investment advisor must put the interests of their client ahead of their [Advisor interests above client interests is swapped around]

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own personal interests and this was like a thing back then yeah it sounds

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shocking like you wouldn't need to explicitly state this in a modern polite

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normal society but in fact the wild world of that era while the notion that [People at a show in the 40s]

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you could not in fact actively steal your clients money so now is considered

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liberalism go figure... [Liberalism stamp]

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