New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW
Chapter II - SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONNEL
Subchapter A - SECURITIES-GENERAL
Part 11 - INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
Section 11.13 - Exclusions and Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) The following are excluded from the definition of "investment adviser" under 11.12(f) of this Part and are not subject to the registration provisions of GBL § 359-eee and the regulations issued thereunder:

(1) A bank or trust company, unless it is considered an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

(2) A lawyer, accountant, engineer or teacher whose performance of these services is solely incidental to the practice of this profession;

(3) A broker or dealer whose performance of these services is solely incidental to the conduct of its business as broker or dealer and who receives no special compensation for them;

(4) A publisher of a bona fide newspaper or news magazine;

(5) A person who sells investment advisory services to less than six (6) persons in this State exclusive of financial institutions and institutional buyers; and

(6) A federally covered investment adviser.

(b) The following investment advisers are exempted from the registration provisions and the advertising and literature filing provisions of GBL § 359-eee and the regulations issued thereunder;

(1) a person who gathers raw data from one (1) or more sources and publishes it in chart form without comment as an information source to investors; and

(2) a person who renders investment advice for compensation solely in the form of seminars attended by more than five (5) persons in this State.

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