Guidance on FOCUS Reporting for Operating Leases
On Friday, April 28, 2017, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) halted quoting and trading in 271 OTC equity securities at 09:30:00 a.m. E.T. pursuant to FINRA Rule 6440(a)(3) (Extraordinary Event Halt). All impacted securities have been resumed as of 2:55:00 p.m. E.T. and systems are operating normally.
FINRA determined to impose the temporary halt because technical
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All capital acquisition brokers are subject to FINRA Rule 4580.
Adopted by SR-FINRA-2017-027 eff. Dec. 6, 2017.Selected Notice: 17-37.
All capital acquisition brokers are subject to FINRA Rule 2030.
Adopted by SR-FINRA-2017-027 eff. Dec. 6, 2017.Selected Notice: 17-37.
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Executive Summary
On July 16, 1993, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an NASD rule change to implement real-time trade reporting for members' over-the-counter transactions in equity securities that were not previously reportable to the NASD in this manner.1 The equity securities
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD requests comments on a proposal to rescind the Guidelines and to amend Article III, Section 35 of the Association's Rules of Fair Practice to include items that were contained in the Guidelines regarding
