The $500 Ladder

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The playbook · Edition 043

The $312 licence: registering as a one-person investment adviser, and what it is actually worth

The step-by-step playbook behind Of 271 federally registered internet advisers, 107 told the SEC they had no clients.

What is inside

  1. The one-page conclusion
  2. Phase A · Standing it up
  3. Phase B · The first client
  4. Phase C · The build
  5. Fees and venues
  6. The rules that govern it
  7. Delivery, end to end
  8. Records and the examination pack
  9. Counterparties
  10. Who is responsible for what
  11. Risk, gates and the long watch
  12. Cost, timeline and break-even
  13. Launch checklist and the 30 / 60 / 90
  14. Not yet verified
  15. Sources