(a) Permissible Lending Arrangements; ConditionsNo person associated with a member in any registered capacity may borrow money from or lend money to any customer of such person unless:(1) the member has written procedures allowing the borrowing and lending of money between such registered persons and customers of the member; (2) the borrowing or lending arrangement meets one of the
WASHINGTON—FINRA has ordered three firms—Edward Jones, Osaic Wealth, Inc. and Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.—to pay more than $8.2 million in restitution to customers who were harmed by the firms’ failures to provide available mutual fund sales charge waivers and fee rebates on mutual fund purchases. FINRA did not impose any fines in connection with these matters in recognition of each firm’s extraordinary cooperation with FINRA’s investigations.
Following is a schedule of voluntary orientations offered via webinar.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adjust FINRA fees to provide sustainable funding for FINRA’s regulatory mission.
(a) Applicability of RuleThis rule applies to arbitrations involving $50,000 or less, exclusive of interest and expenses. All arbitrations administered under this rule will be decided on the pleadings and other materials submitted by the parties unless the customer requests a hearing under paragraph (c) of this rule. Except as otherwise provided in this rule, all provisions of the Code apply to
FINRA President and CEO Robert Cook, Chairman Bill Heyman, Board members and FINRA staff provide updates on the December 2017 FINRA Board of Governors meeting, including discussions around FINRA’s finances and financial transparency, 2017 accomplishments, enterprise risk management and more.
FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum is joined by lead governor Jack Brennan and Finance Committee Chair Jim Weddle to discuss rulemaking and other issues addressed at FINRA's December 5 Board of Governors meeting. In addition to the video, a summary of the board actions is also available.
Rulemaking topics discussed include:
BrokerCheck link in online retail communications with the public;
definitions of public and non-public arbitrators;
expungement of customer dispute information; and
temporary cease and desist orders, expedited proceedings.
Rulemaking topics discussed include the following: BrokerCheck disclosure,
discretionary accounts and transactions,
regulatory element continuing education,
sales of securities on military installations, and
TRACE transaction reporting and historic data sets.
Rulemaking items discussed at the December meeting include: ATS block data, award offsets in arbitration, qualification and registration, and shortening the settlement cycle.
