Syndicated conservation easements (SCETs), which are a common type of charitable conservation contribution, top the 2021 “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams published by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in July.
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FINRA Regulates Broker-Dealers, Capital Acquisition Brokers and Funding Portals. A Broker-Dealer is
(a) Limitation on Distribution and Solicitation Activities
No covered member shall engage in distribution or solicitation activities for compensation with a government entity on behalf of an investment adviser that provides or is seeking to provide investment advisory services to such government entity within two years after a contribution to an official of the government entity is made by
All capital acquisition brokers are subject to FINRA Rule 2030.
Adopted by SR-FINRA-2017-027 eff. Dec. 6, 2017.Selected Notice: 17-37.
Firms involved in mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers (which may include but is not limited to registered representatives and customer accounts) and other operational changes must attend to various regulatory and investor-protection obligations.
FINRA encourages firms, and in some cases requires them, to notify their FINRA coordinator when planning these changes. By discussing these proposals
This page provides general guidance regarding municipal advisor regulation. Please refer to the SEC Office of Municipal Securities web page and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board website for complete information.The SEC's final municipal advisor registration and recordkeeping Rules 15Ba1-1 through 15Ba1-8 and 15Bc4-1 were effective July 1, 2014. Firms that are engaged, or plan to
FINRA has created this page to educate member firms on “Firm Identity Theft”.
Municipal securities fall into two categories: 1) municipal bonds issued by states, cities, counties and other governmental entities to raise money to build roads, schools and a host of other projects for the public good; and 2) municipal fund securities. Municipal bonds are typically sold in minimum increments of $5,000, pay interest on a semi-annual basis, and have maturities that range from
Firms must comply with the Bank Secrecy Act and its implementing regulations ("AML rules"). The purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules is to help detect and report suspicious activity including the predicate offenses to money laundering and terrorist financing, such as securities fraud and market manipulation. FINRA reviews a firm’s compliance with AML rules under FINRA Rule 3310, which sets forth minimum standards for a firm’s written AML compliance program.
2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight ReportThe Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.SEC Rule 613 requires FINRA
