The Joint NASD/Industry Task Force urges mutual funds to include these definitions in their prospectuses and other relevant materials as soon as is reasonably practicable.
Questions and answers regarding the Mutual Fund Breakpoint Assessment
Registration Code Classifications
Test/CE session administration procedures at all international locations are, for the most part, the same as for tests/CE sessions administered domestically.
NASD, in conjunction with an industry working group, developed the outline provided below in response to Recommendation J of the Report of the Joint NASD/Industry Task Force on Breakpoints, which recommended that member firms provide enhanced training regarding mutual fund breakpoint discounts.
This outline is intended as a model of the critical topics that firms should address in training
At the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), NASD convened and led a Joint NASD/Industry Breakpoint Task Force, with representatives from, among others, Investment Company Institute ("ICI"), Securities Industry Association ("SIA"), National Security Clearing Corporation ("NSCC"), broker/dealers, mutual funds, and transfer agents, to examine the difficulties that the financial industry experienced delivering breakpoint discounts on Class A mutual fund share sales and to develop recommendations to facilitate the complete and accurate delivery of breakpoint discounts in the future.
Every broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA) is required to file an annual report as specified under SEA Rule 17a-5(d). Members must submit their annual reports to FINRA in electronic form through FINRA’s Firm Gateway. See below for further information on FINRA Firm Gateway.
October 2002
In an effort to assist member firms' compliance efforts, NASD is issuing this regular communication, "Improving Examination Results." This document has two sections: "Examination Priorities" and "Frequently Found Violations," both of which relate to the Department of Member Regulation's routine examinations of firms. While each firm must
April 2003
In an effort to assist member firms' compliance efforts, NASD is issuing this regular communication, "Improving Examination Results." This document has two sections: "Examination Priorities" and "Frequently Found Violations," both of which relate to the Department of Member Regulation's routine examinations of firms. While each firm must
April 2004
In an effort to assist member firms' compliance efforts, NASD is issuing this regular communication, "Improving Examination Results." This document has two sections: "Examination Priorities" and "Frequently Found Violations," both of which relate to the Department of Member Regulation's routine examinations of firms. While each firm must
