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Senior Management
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
Effective June 1, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is adopting Rule 17a-23 and Form 17A-23 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Rule requires broker/dealers that operate automated trading systems to maintain participant, volume, and transaction
(a) Responsibility to Expedite Customer's Request
(1) When a customer whose securities account is carried by a member (the "carrying member") wishes to transfer securities account assets, in whole or in specifically designated part, to another member (the "receiving member") and gives authorized instructions to the receiving member, both members must expedite
Summary
FINRA has amended its Rule 5110 (Corporate Financing Rule - Underwriting Terms and Arrangements) to make substantive, organizational and terminology changes to the rule.1 The amendments to Rule 5110 modernize, simplify and clarify its provisions while maintaining important protections for market participants, including issuers and investors participating in public offerings. The
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended its net capital, recordkeeping, and quarterly securities-count rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding the treatment of repurchase (repo) and reverse repurchase (reverse repo) agreements entered into by registered broker-dealers.
The amendments to SEC Rule 15c3-l will
Executive Summary
On May 18, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Interpretive Material 2110-1 (IM-2110-1) and Rule 2720, revising certain provisions of the Free-Riding and Withholding Interpretation (Interpretation). These amendments address direct and indirect owners of broker/dealers, investment
Comment Period Expires August 30, 1995
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Senior Management
Corporate Finance
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
On July 14, 1995, the NASD® Board of Governors approved the issuance of a Notice to Members to solicit comment on the refined proposal for a nationwide limit-order protection and price improvement
IMPORTANT
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
In November 1984, the SEC approved, by a split vote, the NASD's longstanding petition that the Commission amend its rule governing the qualifications for companies seeking inclusion in the NASDAQ National Market System.
This landmark decision which, in essence, substitutes qualitative standards for market activity criteria, made an
Comment Period Expires October 3, 1994
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Senior Management Corporate Finance Institutional Legal & Compliance Mutual Fund
Executive Summary
The NASD requests member comment on proposed amendments to Article III, Sections 26 and 29 of the Rules of Fair Practice that would revise existing rules applicable to the sale of investment company securities and establish new
NASD Imposes $200 Fee for Form 211 Applications
On January 2, 1992, the SEC approved a proposed rule change by the NASD relating to a fee for Form 211 applications filed with the NASD pursuant to Schedule H, Section 4 of the NASD By-Laws. The rule change is effective immediately and, as a result, a $200 filing fee will be required together with each Form 211 application received on or after
I M P O R T A N T
OFFICERS, PARTNERS AND PROPRIETORS
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Although it appears at this writing that the provisions under TEFRA with respect to withholding on dividends and interest will be repealed, members should be aware that other provisions of the Act - primarily the expanded reporting requirements - are still effective for transactions occurring
