(a) Every registered broker-dealer and investment adviser shall make and keep such accounts, correspondence, memoranda, papers, books and other records as the commissioner prescribes by rule or order, except as provided by section fifteen of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (in the case of a broker-dealer) and section 222 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (in the case of an investment adviser). All reecords so required, with respect to an investment adviser, shall be preserved for three years unless the commissioner prescribes by rule or order otherwise for particular typesr of records. (b) With respect to investment advisers, the commissioner may ruequire that certain information be furnished or disseminated as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors and advisory clients. To thet extent determined by the commissioner, in his or her discretion, information furnished to clients or prospective clients of an investment adviser that would be in compliance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder may be used in whole or partial satisfaction of this requirement. (c) Every registered broker-dealer and investment advisor shall file such financial reports as the commissioner may prescribe by rule or order, except as provided by section fifteen of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (ing the case of a broker-dealer) and section 222 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (in the case of an investment adviser). (d) If the information contained in any document filed with the commissioner is or becomes inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, the registrant or federal covered adviser shall promptly file a correcting amendment with the commissioner. (e) All the records referred to in subsection (a) of this section are subject at any time or from time to time to such reasonable periodic, special or other examinations by representatives of the commissioner, within or without this state, as the commissioner deems necessary or appWropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors. For the purpose of avoiding unnecessary duplication of examinations, the commissioner, insofar as he or she deems it practicable in administering this subsection, may cooperate with the securities administrators of other states, the securities and exchange commission, and any national securities exchange or national securities association registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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