SummaryFINRA has amended FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements) to establish a specified exception under the margin rules with respect to certain short option or warrant positions on indexes that are written against products that track the same underlying index. Referred to as “protected” option or warrant positions, the new exception conforms with similar provisions Cboe recently adopted. The
SummaryIn February 2012, pursuant to an SEC order, FINRA established an accounting support fee (GASB Accounting Support Fee) to adequately fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The GASB Accounting Support Fee is collected on a quarterly basis from member firms that report trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). Each member firm’s
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At its May 1994 meeting, the NASD Board of Governors approved the issuance of a Notice to Members soliciting comment on the Report of the Subcommittee on Punitive Damages of the NASD Legal Advisory Board. The Report proposes a number of approaches that the NASD might adopt for the award of punitive damages in
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: DECEMBER 21, 1987.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD is requesting comments on proposed amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedures for the Small Order Execution System (SOES) and to Schedule D to the NASD By-Laws. In pertinent part, the proposed rule amendments would:
(1) prohibit a firm that withdraws, on an unexcused
Each person engaged in the investment banking or securities business of a member shall be registered with FINRA as a representative or principal in each category of registration appropriate to his or her functions and responsibilities as specified in Rule 1220, unless exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 1230. Such person shall not be qualified to function in any registered capacity other
SEC Approves New Rules and Rule Amendments Concerning Supervision and Supervisory Controls; Effective Date: January 31, 2005
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On November 24, 1992, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted significant amendments to the Net Capital Rule, Rule 15c3-1. The changes to the minimum net capital requirements will take effect in three installments beginning July 1, 1993; other changes took
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Advertising Modernization
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NASD Rule 2210
Executive
Research Analysts and Research Reports
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On May 10, 2002, the SEC approved new NASD Rule 2711, Research Analysts and Research Reports. The rule is intended to improve the objectivity of research
January 31, 2012
Dear Executive Representative/Chief Compliance Officer:
FINRA® is publishing its
2012 Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter
to highlight new and continuing areas of significance to our regulatory programs, including topics of heightened importance to FINRA's Member Regulation, Market Regulation and Enforcement Departments, and the
