17-12a502. Prohibited conduct in providing investment advice. (a) Fraud in providing investment advice. 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 relating to securities:
(1) To employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud another person; or
(2) to engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon another person.
(b) Rules defining fraud. A rule adopted under this act may define an act, practice, or course of business of an investment adviser or an investment adviser representative, other than a supervised person of a federal covered investment adviser, as fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative, and prescribe means reasonably designed to prevent investment advisers and investment adviser representatives, other than supervised persons of a federal covered investment adviser, from engaging in acts, practices, and courses of business defined as fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative.
(c) Rules specifying contents of advisory contract. A rule adopted under this act may specify the contents of an investment advisory contract entered into, extended, or renewed by an investment adviser.
History: L. 2004, ch. 154, ยง 31; July 1, 2005.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 12a - Uniform Securities Act
17-12a,103 References to federal statutes.
17-12a,104 References to federal agencies.
17-12a,105 Electronic records and signatures.
17-12a,202 Exempt transactions.
17-12a,203 Additional exemptions and waivers.
17-12a,204 Denial, suspension, revocation, condition or limitation of exemptions.
17-12a,205 Exemption filing fees.
17-12a,301 Securities registration requirement.
17-12a,303 Securities registration by coordination.
17-12a,304 Securities registration by qualification.
17-12a,305 Securities registration filings.
17-12a,306 Denial, suspension and revocation of securities registration.
17-12a,307 Waiver and modification.
17-12a,401 Broker-dealer registration requirement and exemptions.
17-12a,402 Agent registration requirement and exemptions.
17-12a,403 Investment adviser registration requirement and exemptions.
17-12a,404 Investment adviser representative registration requirement and exemptions.
17-12a,405 Federal covered investment adviser notice filing requirement.
17-12a,407 Succession and change in registration of broker-dealer or investment adviser.
17-12a,411 Postregistration requirements.
17-12a,502 Prohibited conduct in providing investment advice.
17-12a,503 Evidentiary burden.
17-12a,504 Filing of sales and advertising literature.
17-12a,505 Misleading filings; coercion; obstruction.
17-12a,506 Misrepresentations concerning registration or exemption.
17-12a,507 Qualified immunity.
17-12a,508 Criminal penalties; statute of limitations.
17-12a,601 Administration; investor education and protection fund.
17-12a,602 Investigations and subpoenas.
17-12a,604 Administrative enforcement.
17-12a,605 Rules, forms, orders, interpretive opinions and hearings.
17-12a,606 Administrative files and opinions.
17-12a,607 Public records; confidentiality.
17-12a,608 Uniformity and cooperation with other agencies.
17-12a,611 Service of process.
17-12a,612 Severability clause.
17-12a,703 Repeals; application of act to existing proceeding and existing rights and duties.