FINRA Provides Guidance on Amendments to FINRA Rules Relating to SEC Regulation M
INFORMATIONAL
Selling Away And Outside Business Activities
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Executive Representatives
Insurance
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Outside Business Activities
Private Securities Transactions
Promissory Notes
NASD Rule 3030
NASD Rule 3040
Supervision
Executive Summary
NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD Regulation)
INFORMATIONAL
Margin Disclosure and Day-Trading Risk Disclosure Statements
Effective Date: July 1, 2002
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registration
Senior Management
Day-Trading Risk Disclosure Statements
SUGGESTED ROUTING:*
Senior ManagementLegal & ComplianceOperationsSyndicateTraining*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD is providing for members' use the Penny Stock Risk Disclosure Document as recently amended by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), which brokers/dealers are required to furnish customers
Summary
FINRA requests comment on a proposed change to its current policy relating to the assignment of OTC symbols to unlisted equity securities. Specifically, FINRA is considering whether it should begin assigning OTC symbols to unlisted equity securities that do not have a valid CUSIP identifier, in the limited circumstance where a member firm demonstrates its best efforts to obtain a CUSIP
The Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud and Sanctions topic of the 2024 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 and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
It is me as a US Citizen and individual investor - not regulators who should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for you and your family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged.
We investors shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, like leveraged and
The following FAQ is provided to facilitate firms' compliance with FINRA Rules 5190 (Notification Requirements for Offering Participants), 6275 (Withdrawal of Quotations) and 6435 (Withdrawal of Quotations in an OTC Equity Security in Compliance with SEC Regulation M). A comprehensive overview of these rules and related guidance is set forth in Regulatory Notice 08-74 and Regulatory Notice
• Outside Business Activities—Failure to Comply With Rule Requirements
• Selling Away (Private Securities Transactions)
• Transactions for or by Associated Persons—Failure to Comply With Rule Requirements
Outside Business Activities—Failure to Comply With Rule Requirements
FINRA Rules 2010 and 3270
Principal Considerations in Determining Sanctions
This session is designed for compliance and marketing professionals who are new to FINRA’s advertising rules or experienced practitioners interested in a refresher. A panel of FINRA Advertising Regulation Department experts provides an overview of FINRA’s Communications With the Public rule, including filing requirements, internal approval and supervision, and content standards. Panelists answer questions about how to apply the rules to financial services communications and marketing materials.