Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 6120 (Trading Halts) to conform to recent amendments to the NMS plans governing the collection, consolidation and dissemination of quotation and transaction information for NMS stocks and to make technical and clarifying
The Fixed Income Mark-Up Disclosure section of the 2018 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
Executive Summary
To help members comply with the Free-Riding and Withholding Interpretation of the NASD Board of Governors (Free-Riding Interpretation), on May 13, 1996, the NASD will initiate a new regulatory service called "Compliance Desk." The NASD believes that Compliance Desk will give members timely notification of hot issues that are subject to NASD regulatory review, and
Request for TRACE Reporting Exemption Under FINRA Rule 6732
The Series 82 exam — the Private Securities Offerings Representative Exam — assesses the competency of an entry-level registered representative to perform their job as a private securities offerings representative.
The Series 22 exam — the Direct Participation Programs Limited Representative Exam (DR) — assesses the competency of an entry-level registered representative to perform their job as a direct participation programs representative.
The Series 6 exam — the Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Representative Qualification Examination (IR) — assesses the competency of an entry-level representative to perform their job as an investment company and variable contracts products representative.The exam measures the degree to which each candidate possesses the knowledge needed to perform the critical functions of an
I fall into the category of investors which this regulatory notice is aiming to protect: I am a relatively young retail investor who has chosen to invest in complicated funds on a self direct brokerage. Therefore, I feel the need to discuss my experience with complex products.
I acknowledge that these funds are more complicated than conventional products. However, complication does not mean
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend paragraph (a)(3) of FINRA Rule 4512 (Customer Account Information) to permit the use of electronic signatures and to clarify the scope of the rule.
Summary
FINRA has received an increasing number of reports regarding customer account takeover (ATO) incidents, which involve bad actors using compromised customer information, such as login credentials (i.e., username and password), to gain unauthorized entry to customers’ online brokerage accounts.
To help firms prevent, detect and respond to such attacks, FINRA recently organized roundtable
