WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today a decision barring James Van Doren from the securities industry for unethical conduct involving money laundering and a scheme to deceive a friend's creditors and facilitate violations of law, including conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud. The ruling resolves charges brought by FINRA's Department
FINRA Announces Implementation Date for Publication of ATS Block-Size Trade Data
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New Registration Category-Rules And Examination
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Additional Transparency Covers About 20% of All Trading in National Market System Equities
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that expanded data on over-the-counter (OTC) trading in equity securities is now live, extending FINRA's trading-volume transparency to all of the OTC market.
With this enhancement, FINRA is supplementing the data that
FIPS Changes
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As of April 23, 2001, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPSSM).
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
AG.GB
AGCO Corp
9.500
05/01/08
BEPA.GD
BE Aerospace
Revised SEC No-Action Guidance Expanding the Definition of “Ready Market” for Certain Foreign Equity Securities
Proposed Rule Change to Delay Implementation of FINRA Rule 2242 (Debt Research Analysts and Debt Research Reports)
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PORTAL-Designated Equity Securities Directory
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Nasdaq® is publishing a list of PORTAL®-designated equity securities for the reporting requirements of PORTAL equity transactions that will be effective on June 16, 2001.
On March
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued a regulatory notice providing guidance on member firms' responsibilities concerning the sale of pension income stream products, which typically are contracts that provide a lump-sum payment to a pensioner in exchange for the rights to future pension income payments.
"Pension income stream products are complex
