§ 71-1-502. Prohibited conduct in providing investment advice.

A.  It is unlawful for a person that advises others, for compensation, either directly or indirectly, or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities, or that, for compensation and as part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities:

1.  To employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud another  person;

2.  To make an untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, not misleading; or

3.  To engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon another person.

B. 1.  A rule adopted under this act may define an act, practice, or course of business of an investment adviser or an investment adviser representative as fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative, and prescribe means reasonably designed to prevent investment advisers and investment adviser representatives from engaging in acts, practices, and courses of business defined as fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative.

2.  A rule adopted or order issued under this act may specify the contents of an investment advisory contract entered into, extended, or renewed by an investment adviser.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 347, § 30, eff. July 1, 2004.