FINRA Series-63 - Uniform Securities State Law Examination

If you were employed as an agent for a broker-dealer who has had his license revoked, you are no longer a licensed agent with the state and you will have to reapply for a license and pay the requisite filing fees in order to work for another broker-dealer. Your license terminated when your affiliation with the unscrupulous broker ended, even though it was through no fault of your own. Since you have done nothing for which to be penalized, however, your registration becomes effective upon your filing and paying your fees.

The Uniform Securities Act specifies that the initial registration statement should be accompanied by all of the documents listed in the first three selections-a copy of the firm’s articles of incorporation and bylaws or their equivalent; copies of any underwriter agreements; and a copy of any indenture that applies to the security being registered. Moreover, these are only some of the documents that need to be included.

If the CFO called his broker and sold some of the shares he owns today, none of the statements is true. Insider trading is only illegal if the insider trades on information that the public does not yet have. In this case, the information has already been made publicly available, so no one has done anything illegal. Insiders to the company are allowed to buy and sell shares of their firm’s stock as long as they are not acting on private information.

Selections II, III, and IV are correct. When Foo Lish begins serving as a custodian of its clients’ assets, it must file an updated Form ADV with the Administrator, meet higher net capital requirements than before, and pay a CPA to do an annual unannounced audit of the firm. The U-5 form is filed when a representative leaves the firm.

A statement of the investment policy does not have to be included in the contract between an investment adviser and an individual client. The statement of investment policy is generally developed after the contract is signed.

Both statements A and B are true. As an agent for broker-dealer CanDo, Mr. Teche is required to inform CanDo in writing before accepting any outside position that will provide him with additional compensation, and CanDo has the right to deny Mr. Teche the permission to accept this position.

Prior to revoking Samuel’s license, the Administrator will provide Samuel with prior notice (I), an opportunity for a hearing (III), and a written statement regarding the facts and the legal consequences (IV).

Since S. White is already registered in the state of Kentucky and meeting the net capital requirement of that state, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 stipulates that Virginia cannot require a higher minimum net capital. The Act states that if an investment adviser is registered in one state and is meeting its net capital requirement, a second state cannot impose a higher net capital requirement on the investment adviser.

An individual who represents a broker-dealer in buying and selling securities is called an agent or a registered representative. An agent may also work for an issuer, which refers to the entity that is selling securities to raise money for itself. An underwriter is the entity that aids the issuer in bringing the new securities to market. Administrator is the title many states use to refer to the official in charge of enforcing the state’s securities regulations.

Selections I, II, and III are true statements. In order for an investment adviser to act as a custodian for a client’s securities, he must first make certain that the Administrator of the state in which he’s registered does not prohibit it. Then he must inform the Administrator in writing that he will be acting as a custodian for the client, and he has to pay for an independent CPA to audit his books once a year to make certain that everything is copasetic, upon which the CPA reports his findings to the state Administrator. There are also other requirements that must be met.