Talk:Registered investment adviser

Spelling
the SEC spells it Adviser -- with an e. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.17.212 (talk) 17:01, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Some one with editing authority fix ths.
The only thing that can be a Registered Investment Adviser is a company such as an C corp or an LLC, an individual can not be a Registered Investment Adviser. Companies are supposed to be forbidden from using the term "RIA" in their descriptions of themselves to avoid confusion. However, an individual who pass the appropriate exams and works for a Registered Investment Advisery Firm is termed an Investment Advising Representative. Confusing, but that is what the 65&66 exams say. To add further confusion a firm an be considered an "IA".

Registered Investment Adviser = NON HUMAN,C-Corp, LLC Investment Advising Representative = Person

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.74.98 (talk) 01:24, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Removed external links
I removed some external links. One was a link to investopedia which could be used as a source but didn't appear to add anything to the article. One was a link to an advisor's commercial site. A couple were links to sites that listed or evaluated advisors which is not what this project is about. One is a link to the SEC that could be used as a source for article content but is inappropriate for the EL section. I've copied tat one here: Joja lozzo  19:30, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Securities and Exchange Commission - Certain Broker-Dealers Deemed Not To Be Investment Advisers

Made minor changes
I attempted to correct the "RIA/IAR" confusion pointed out above. I also tried to phrase that in consumer-friendly language. I added a couple external links to plain language, consumer-friendly references on the topic and will look for more, as it would seem to be a good addition to provide some non-technical language for the layperson. Confusing but very important topic. JMK2018 (talk) 05:14, 14 March 2018 (UTC)