Alaska Stat. § 45.56.510 – Prohibited conduct in providing investment advice

(a) 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 adopts analyses or reports relating to securities may not
1. (1) employ a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud another person; or
2. (2) engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on another person.
(b) A regulation adopted under this chapter 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 may 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) A regulation adopted under this chapter may specify the contents of an investment advisory contract entered into, extended, or renewed by an investment adviser.