Robert A. Renner is Senior Vice President, Enterprise & Financial Solutions. In this capacity, he is responsible for overall direction and oversight of FINRA’s accounting operations functions, including Revenue Management, Corporate Tax, Procurement and Payroll, as well as Corporate Real Estate, Physical Security and Information Operations, encompassing fingerprinting, entitlement and
Regulatory Notice 13-10 announced the SEC’s approval, pursuant to FINRA Rule 4524, of the Derivatives and Other Off-Balance Sheet Items Schedule (OBS) as a supplement to the FOCUS report. At the time of its adoption, the OBS required all firms that carry customer accounts or self-clear or clear transactions for others (collectively, “carrying or clearing firms”) to file with FINRA the OBS within
Regulation is a fundamental pillar of the financial services industry, ensuring investor protection and market integrity. As financial services firms seek to comply with regulatory requirements, they are turning to new and innovative regulatory technology (RegTech) tools to assist them in effectively and efficiently meeting their obligations. While RegTech tools may help strengthen firms’
Both firms and individuals must be registered with FINRA to conduct securities transactions and business with the investing public. Firms must meet certain membership standards to attain registration. Learn more about what it means to be regulated by FINRA.To become registered, securities professionals are required to pass qualification exams to demonstrate competence in their particular
As Senior Vice President – Strategic Regulatory Engagement, Alex Ellenberg is responsible for providing guidance, counsel and analysis to the leadership team and various Market Regulation and Transparency Services (MRTS) groups regarding a wide variety of strategic, operational, regulatory, risk and compliance functions and activities. He also supports and provides strategic risk analysis to the
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ATTN: Direct Participation Programs Department
The NASD's Direct Participation Programs and Real Estate Committees have reviewed certain information received from members and their affiliates through the review process carried out by the NASD Corporate Financing Department. The Committees reviewed the costs associated with issuing and
SummaryFINRA has amended its Codes of Arbitration Procedure (Codes) to make: (1) changes to the arbitrator list selection process in response to recommendations in the report of independent counsel Lowenstein Sandler LLP (Report) and (2) clarifying and technical changes to requirements in the Codes for holding prehearing conferences and hearing sessions, initiating and responding to claims,
REQUEST FOR COMMENTSubordination AgreementsComment Period Expires November 26, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSLegal & ComplianceOperationsSenior ManagementAppendix D to the Net Capital RuleNet CapitalSEC Rule 15c3-1Subordination AgreementsSubordinated LoansExecutive SummaryIn 2002, NASD adopted a requirement that firms submitting subordination agreements to NASD staff for approval provide
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Executive Summary
On April 11, 1994, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., began operation of the Fixed Income Pricing SystemSM (FIPS®) for members trading highyield bonds. FIPS was created to facilitate the over-the-counter (OTC) trading of high-yield, corporate
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Background
In late 2002, as a result of several routine examinations, NASD discovered that some members had failed to deliver
