Summary
Due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), FINRA reminds member firms to consider pandemic-related business continuity planning, including whether their business continuity plans (BCPs) are sufficiently flexible to address a wide range of possible effects in the event of a pandemic in the United States. Each member firm is also encouraged to review its BCP to consider
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to (1) amend FINRA Rules 6710 and 6750 to provide that FINRA will disseminate information on individual transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities that are On-the-Run Nominal Coupons reported to FINRA’s Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (“
Executive Summary
FINRA has adopted new rules to address brokers with a significant history of misconduct and the broker-dealers that employ them.1 The new rules:
allow a Hearing Officer to impose conditions or restrictions on the activities of a Respondent member firm or Respondent associated person, and require the member firm employing a Respondent associated person to
Breakpoint discounts are volume discounts to the front-end sales load charged to investors who purchase Class A mutual fund shares. The extent of the discount depends on the amount invested in a particular family of funds. For example, a mutual fund might charge a front-end load of 5.75 percent for share purchases of less than $50,000, but reduce the load to 4.50 percent for investments between $
SummaryFor the past two years, FINRA has encouraged firms to keep their Risk Monitoring Analyst (formerly known as a “Regulatory Coordinator”) informed if the firm, or its associated persons or affiliates, engaged, or intended to engage, in activities related to digital assets, including digital assets that are non-securities.1 FINRA appreciates members’ cooperation with this request and
SEC Approval of FINRA Rule 4518 (Notification to FINRA in Connection with the JOBS Act)
Filing Requirements for Members that Carry Customer Margin Accounts; New Customer Margin Balance Form
SEC Approval and Effective Date for New Consolidated FINRA Rules
REQUEST FOR COMMENTMinor Rule Violation Plan and Inactive Disclosure Review Registration StatusComment Period Expired April 19, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSExecutive RepresentativesLegal & ComplianceRegistered RepresentativesSenior ManagementArticle V, Section 2 of the NASD By-LawsArticle V, Section 3(a) of the NASD By-LawsCentral Registration Depository (CRD® or Web CRD)IM-
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
