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Washington, DC - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Pacific Cornerstone Capital, Inc. of Irvine, CA, and its former chief executive officer, Terry Roussel, a total of $750,000 for failing to include full and accurate information in private placement offering documents and marketing material.
FINRA Rule 5123(a) requires firms that sell a private placement to file a copy of any offering document with FINRA within 15 calendar days of the first sale, subject to certain exemptions. FINRA Rule 5122(b)(2) requires firms that sell a private placement of unregistered securities issued by a member or a control entity to file a copy of any offering document with FINRA at or prior to the time it
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WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a warning about scams that purport to offer investors' access to pre-IPO shares of well-known social media companies, including Facebook.
SEC Approves New FINRA Rule 5123 Regarding Private Placements of Securities
This Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) is designed to inform member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations. For selected regulatory obligations, the Report: (1) identifies the applicable rule and key related considerations for member firm compliance programs, (2) summarizes noteworthy findings from recent examinations and outlines effective practices that FINRA observed during its oversight, and (3) provides additional resources that may be helpful to member firms.
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(a) Definitions
(1) Member Private Offering
A "member private offering" means a private placement of unregistered securities issued by a member or a control entity.
(2) Control Entity
A "control entity" means any entity that controls or is under common control with a member, or that is controlled by a
(a) Definitions
(1) Member Private Offering
A "member private offering" means a private placement of unregistered securities issued by a member or a control entity.
(2) Control Entity
A "control entity" means any entity that controls or is under common control with a member, or that is controlled by a member or its associated persons.
(3) Control
The term "control
All capital acquisition brokers are subject to FINRA Rule 5122.
Adopted by SR-FINRA-2015-054 eff. April 14, 2017.Selected Notice: 16-37.