GUIDANCEDirect CommunicationEffective Date: September 30, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSLegal & ComplianceArbitrationArbitratorsDispute ResolutionExecutive SummaryThe Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new Rule 10334 of the NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure to permit direct communication among arbitrators and the parties to the arbitration (through their counsel)
GUIDANCEArbitration Chairperson SelectionEffective Date: September 17, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSLegal & ComplianceArbitrationArbitratorsDispute ResolutionExecutive SummaryThe Securities and Exchange Commission has approved amendments to Rule 10308 of the NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure to reduce the time allotted for the selection of a chairperson in an arbitration
Operative Date of Short Sale ACT Reporting Requirements for OTCBB and Other Non-NASDAQ OTC Equity Securities Extended to September 24, 2004
GUIDANCEArbitrator Panel Training FeeEffective Date: September 16, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSLegal & ComplianceArbitratorsArbitrationFeesExecutive SummaryOn June 16, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an NASD proposal to increase the fee for arbitrator panel training from $100 to $125.1 The fee change is effective on September 16, 2004.Questions/Further
GUIDANCEEligibility ProceedingsEffective Date: March 7, 2005SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSExecutive RepresentativesRegistered RepresentativesLegal & ComplianceSenior ManagementClerical and Ministerial ActivitiesMC-400 ApplicationRule 9520 SeriesEligibility ProceedingsRule 9522Statutory DisqualificationExecutive SummaryNASD's Rule 9520 Series sets forth NASD's
Beginning on February 26, 2024, FINRA will re-platform the TRACE for Treasuries (TS) product to a new Linux-based operating system. This project does not require client changes to be made.
Each participant will be charged a monthly fee for use of the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility. The monthly fee will be calculated as follows:
(a) If the participant submits one or more trade reports to the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility during a given calendar month, the participant will pay a monthly fee equal to the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) $0.0055 per published tape report.
(b)
FINRA provides various methods to submit comments in response to its requests for comments.
FINRA has adopted a short-form membership application process for certain firms that must become FINRA members due to the recent amendments to Rule 15b9-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Firms that are eligible for the short-form membership application process also must have been a member of a national securities exchange with which FINRA has had a regulatory services agreement for the 12-month period prior to August 23, 2023. FINRA has further adopted a partial waiver of the new membership application fee for those firms that apply for FINRA membership through the short-form membership application process. These rule changes became effective on October 30, 2023.
This Interpretive Material sets forth a membership application process for those firms that must become FINRA members due to amendments to SEA Rule 15b9-1, as adopted by the SEC on August 23, 2023. This membership application process is available only to SEC-registered, non-FINRA member firms that must become FINRA members due to the amendments to SEA Rule 15b9-1 and, as of August 23, 2023, have
