The Advertising Regulation Department (the “Department”) protects investors by helping to ensure that broker-dealers’ communications with the public are fair, balanced, and not misleading. The Department reviews communications such as websites, search advertisements, brochures, commercials, and print communications for compliance with applicable FINRA, SEC, MSRB, and SIPC rules through four key
February 10, 2004
NASD member firms reporting to OATS are required under NASD Conduct Rule 3010 to maintain and enforce written supervisory procedures related to OATS.
NASD has published articles in the December 2000, February 2001 and January 2004 OATS Reports to provide guidance on what member firms should include in written supervisory procedures.
Member firms are still required to have
February 10, 2004
NASD member firms may contractually arrange for another member firm or non-member entity to transmit order events to OATS on their behalf. Such arrangements must clearly specify the responsibilities of each party with respect to OATS reporting.
As required under NASD Rule 6955(c), Reporting Members using a third party to record and transmit their OATS data must have a
You’ve made the decision to work with an investment professional. You might notice that some candidates have a string of letters after their name. Chances are that this alphabet soup refers to one or more professional designations. Here are three things to know as you sort through the various credentials.
February 10, 2004NASD is publishing this article to provide guidance to member firms on supervisory responsibilities when using another entity to transmit OATS data on the firm's behalf. If a firm utilizes another member or non-member entity ("Reporting Agent") to record and transmit OATS data on its behalf, the member firm is still required to have written supervisory procedures
April 16, 2004NASD is publishing this article to provide further guidance regarding proper OATS supervision. Specifically, this article is designed to educate firms on the difference between operational and supervisory procedures.OATS is a highly technical application, as a result, many firms utilize operational procedures to give their staffs guidance on such tasks as how to create and send a
FINRA publishes this quarterly review to provide firms with a sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decisions in FINRA cases).
November 2, 1999Below is a summary of common data elements that are not being reported correctly to OATS. Failure to report timely, complete, and accurate information to OATS may constitute a violation of NASD Rules 6955 and 2110. Please review the items below, and if you have questions contact Business and Technology Support Services at (800) 321-NASD or via e-mail.
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FINRA Amends Section 13 of Schedule A to the FINRA By-Laws to Establish Charges for New Option to File Websites and Web Pages in Native Format
November 2, 1999The data in all ROEs in a single FORE must belong to the firm identified by the Order Receiving Firm MP ID in the FORE header. In the majority of cases, the Order Receiving Firm MP ID in the FORE header and in each ROE will be identical. However, when an Order Receiving Firm has multiple MP IDs or has changed its MP ID recently, it is acceptable for the MP ID in the FORE header to
