Summary
FINRA requests comment on the practice of internalizing customer trades in the corporate bond market after obtaining auction responses, commonly known as “pennying.” In particular, pennying involves a dealer, after receiving a customer order, initiating a bid or offer wanted auction process on behalf of a customer, reviewing the auction responses, and then executing the customer order
Calculation of days of suspension. As was the case in prior versions of the FINRA Sanction Guidelines, recommendations for the imposition of suspensions contained herein distinguish between suspensions for 30 or fewer days and 31 or more days. In these guidelines, the NAC recommends that a suspension of 30 or fewer days be measured in business days, while a suspension of 31 or more days be
(a) General Considerations
This Rule provides a limited exception to Rule 2210(d)(1)(F). No member may imply that FINRA endorses or approves the use of any investment analysis tool or any recommendation based on such a tool. A member that offers or intends to offer an investment analysis tool under this Rule (whether customers use the member's tool independently or with assistance
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Executive Summary
On March 2, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Article III, Section 44 of the Rules of Fair Practice (Corporate Financing Rule) to exempt modified guaranteed annuity contracts and modified guaranteed life insurance contracts from
On November 8, FINRA, Deloitte and the MIT Fintech Club kicked off an innovative event aimed at leveraging fintech in service of making investors smarter and safer. The Buildathon paired industry technologists and compliance leaders with high performing technology students from MIT, Harvard and other Boston institutions for a hackathon-style competition. Teams competed in one of four challenge
Comment Period Expires January 31, 1995
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Executive Summary
At its November 1994 meeting, the NASD Board of Governors (Board) approved the issuance of a Notice to Members soliciting member comment on a proposed amendment to Article III of the Rules of Fair Practice. The proposed rule would require registered persons to
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Summary
The SEC has issued an Order1 that permits specified FINRA members an additional 30 calendar days for filing their annual reports as required pursuant to SEA Rule 17a-5(d), subject to certain conditions. The SEC’s Order is in response to a request by FINRA that is designed to ease potential burdens that smaller members may face in obtaining audit services. Members that meet the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD has received a number of complaints from investors in mutual funds that have no front-end sales loads but that have contingent deferred sales loads (CDSLs). The NASD intends to investigate the
Publication Date: February 23, 2023
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18a-3 Non-cleared security-based swap margin requirements for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants for which there is not a prudential regulator.
18a-3(a) Every security-based swap dealer and major security-based swap participant for
