TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
ATTN: All Chief Executive Officers, Compliance Officers, and Registration Managers
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 28, 1986, President Reagan signed the Government Securities Act of 1986 providing for regulation of government securities activities by brokers and dealers. This legislation created new Section 15 C under the Securities Exchange Act of
Createathon, FINRA’s premiere innovation event, isn’t your average hackathon. Sure, there is a healthy dose of exploratory and rapid engineering in the name of problem solving, but this event is so much more.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
In 1981, the Association's Corporate Financing Committee undertook a study of total underwriting compensation for public offerings of corporate securities in connection with the development of a new corporate financing rule. The proposed new Corporate Financing Rule was published for comment on April 15, 1981 (Notice to Members 81-16). In
Summary
The 2020 Renewal Program begins on November 11, 2019, when FINRA makes the Preliminary Statements available to all firms in E-Bill. Preliminary Statements are not mailed to firms.
Firms should note the following key dates in the renewal process:
October 21, 2019
Firms may begin submitting post-dated Form U5 and BR Closing/Withdrawal filings via Web CRD/IARD.
Correction: On page 571, the second sentence under the subhead Updated Financial Information should read: "The updated information shall be prepared as of a date that is within 45 days before the interview." The online version of this Notice has been corrected.
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Membership Rules
Effective Date: November 15, 2000
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Firm Also Fined $1.1 Million for Supervisory Failures
WASHINGTON—FINRA announced today that it sanctioned Aegis Capital Corp. approximately $2.8 million, including $1.7 million in restitution to 68 customers whose accounts were potentially excessively and unsuitably traded by the firm’s representatives. FINRA also imposed a $1.1 million fine for Aegis’ supervisory violations.
FINRA’s case
COVID 19 has increased the demand for virtual arbitration and mediation hearings to ensure cases can proceed without lengthy delays. Upon request of the parties or order of the Panel, FINRA Dispute Resolution Services provides videoconferencing through the Zoom platform, accessible via finra.zoom.us.
FINRA DRS is committed to providing training and resources to arbitrators on how to use
(a) Definitions
For purposes of this Rule, the following terms shall be defined as provided.
(1) "Emerging Growth Company" has the same meaning as in Section 3(a)(80) of the Exchange Act.
(2) "Equity security" has the same meaning as defined in Section 3(a)(11) of the Exchange Act.
(3) "Independent third-party research report" means a third-party research report
Sign In With GoogleThe social login feature allows public/individual authenticated users who require an account to access FINRA’s systems to register and log in using their existing Google account credentials. Social login makes the onboarding process easy and simplifies the authentication process by using user’s existing Google account information and credentials. This eliminates the need for
The NASD would like to thank the Subcommittee for this opportunity to testify on micro-cap fraud in the U.S. markets, the nature of the problem and our efforts to address it.
