GUIDANCEIPO Distribution ManagerVoluntary Effective Date: March 23, 2004Mandatory Effective Date: April 16, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSCorporate FinancingInstitutionalLegal & ComplianceOperationsSenior ManagementSyndicateTrading & Market MakingTrainingFree-Riding and WithholdingIPO Distribution ManagerIPOsRetentionRule 2790Underwriting CommitmentExecutive SummaryTo coincide
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Senior ManagementGovernment SecuritiesInstitutionalInternal AuditLegal & ComplianceMunicipalOperationsSyndicateTradingTraining*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Fairness of markups and markdowns charged by members in principal equity transactions with customers has become an increasingly important
TO: All NASD Members
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued proposals designed to clarify the obligations of brokers and issuers under its previously adopted direct communications program. The SEC had earlier mandated a program for issuers' direct communications with beneficial shareowners to go into effect on January 1, 1985.
However, on August 17, 1984, with the full
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SEC Regulation S-P
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In light of recently enacted federal law, NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM)
Number
Date
Title
2022-85
May 20, 2022
SEC Charges Wells Fargo Advisors with Anti-Money Laundering Related Violations
SEC Order
2022-83
May 16, 2022
SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt Pre-IPO Stock Fraud Scheme by Unregistered Broker-Dealer
SEC Complaint
2022-1
January 5, 2022
SEC Charges Additional Defendant in Phony
Testimony by Senior Vice President of Investor Education and President of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation Gerri Walsh Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate
SEC Approves New Rules and Rule Amendments Concerning Supervision and Supervisory Controls; Effective Date: January 31, 2005
Unless otherwise indicated, suspensions will begin with the opening of business on Monday, October 21, 1996. The information relating to matters contained in this Notice is current as of the end of September. Information received subsequent to the end of September is not reflected in this edition.
Firms Expelled, Individuals Sanctioned
Beacon Securities, Inc. (New York, New York), Gary L.
(a) Requirements for Public Offerings
(1) General
(A) No member or person associated with a member shall participate in a public offering in which the terms and conditions relating thereto, including the aggregate amount of underwriting compensation, are unfair or unreasonable pursuant to this Rule or inconsistent with any By-Law or any rule or regulation of FINRA.
(B) Any member acting as a
(a) Requirements for Public Offerings
(1) General
(A) No member or person associated with a member shall participate in a public offering in which the terms and conditions relating thereto, including the aggregate amount of underwriting compensation, are unfair or unreasonable pursuant to this Rule or inconsistent with any By-Law or any rule or regulation of FINRA.
(B) Any member acting as a
