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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 16, 2011
Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to define "family office" (exempt from coverage by the Act) as a company (including any director, partner, trustee, or employee of such company, when acting in their respective capacities as such) that has no clients other than family clients and is owned, controlled, or operated primarily for the benefit of family clients and does not hold itself out to the public as an investment adviser.
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Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] · R–TX
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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