(a) Filing Requirements
Each member that sells a security in a non-public offering in reliance on an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act ("private placement") must: (i) submit to FINRA, or have submitted on its behalf by a designated member, a copy of any private placement memorandum, term sheet or other offering document, including any materially amended
By Kara Williams and Gargi Sharma
Here is a look back at a few key topics related to anti-money laundering (AML) obligations that rose to the level of being included in FINRA’s 2023 Examination and Risk Monitoring Report. These threats continue to be prevalent today and remain as areas of focus for FINRA’s Complex Investigations and Intelligence (CII) section.
One was manipulative trading in
Summary
FINRA alerts members to an emerging threat to customers and members, where FINRA, NASDAQ and NYSE have observed initial public offerings (IPOs) for certain small capitalization (small-cap) issuers listed on U.S. stock exchanges that may be the subject of pump-and-dump-like schemes (sometimes referred to as "ramp-and-dump" schemes in other jurisdictions).1 FINRA has observed
The Trusted Contact Persons section of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
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Internal AuditOperationsSystemsTrading*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
As of November 20, 1992, the following 30 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market,® bringing the total number of issues to 2,956:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
EZEMB
E-Z-EM, Inc. (Cl B)
10/27/92
1000
HALO
HA-LO Industries
Comment Period Expires November 7, 1994
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior ManagementInstitutionalLegal & ComplianceSystemsTrading
Executive Summary
On September 19, 1994, the Board of Governors approved issuance of a Notice to Members soliciting comment on proposals to expand the scope of limit-order protection beyond that presently afforded by member firms to their customers in The Nasdaq
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Corporate Finance
Government
Institutional
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Municipal
Mutual Fund
Operations
Options
Registration
Research
Syndicate
Trading
Training
*These are suggested
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
It has come to the NASD's attention that some members are engaging in a practice whereby market making or wholesale dealers pay retail firms to direct those firms' customer orders to the market maker. The Board of Governors has established a special subcommittee of the National Business Conduct Committee to study potential problems
IMPORTANT
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Over the past several months, some questions have arisen relating to members' procedures when executing transactions for their own accounts while in possession of unexecuted customer limit orders for over-the-counter securities. In May 1984, the NASD Board of Governors appointed an Ad Hoc Committee on Limit Orders to review members
