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This Interpretive Material sets forth a membership waive-in process for certain NYSE Alternext US LLC ("NYSE Alternext") member organizations to become members of FINRA as part of the acquisition by NYSE Euronext of the Amex Membership
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The FINRA Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional (CRCP)® Small Firm Scholarship Program was developed to facilitate participation from small firms—those with 150 or fewer registered representatives. The CRCP® Small Firm Scholarship is awarded to five industry professionals from small firms.To be eligible for the CRCP Small Firm Scholarship, applicants
The Senior Investor Protection Conference is a one-day event dedicated to sharing the most up-to-date regulatory information, effective strategies and solutions for protecting senior and vulnerable investors from exploitation, scams, and other questionable practices. This conference includes discussions of the rules on financial exploitation of specified adults, a regulatory roundtable,
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Before the first hearing session begins, the Director may remove an arbitrator for conflict of interest or bias, either upon request of a party or on the Director's own initiative.
(1) The Director will grant a party's request to remove an arbitrator if it is reasonable to infer, based on information known at the time of the request,
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(3) By the Director if the parties do not select a mediator after submitting a matter to mediation.
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On Thursday, March 18th, FINRA will conduct the first of its planned updates related to OATS retirement. During the call, FINRA staff will provide an update to the industry related to the OATS retirement efforts, including an overview of the related rule filing, status on the required accuracy and reliability standards that must be met before OATS can be retired, and a look ahead at
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SEC Approves Extension to IM-10100 Pilot
Effective Date: March 31, 2003
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Executive Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has approved an extension to a