(a) The Director may decline to permit the use of the FINRA arbitration forum if the Director determines that, given the purposes of FINRA and the intent of the Code, the subject matter of the dispute is inappropriate, or that accepting the matter would pose a risk to the health or safety of arbitrators, staff, or parties or their representatives. Only the Director may exercise the authority
Decisions on applications shall be in writing and a copy shall be sent to the National Adjudicatory Council’s Review Subcommittee (as defined in Rule 9120(aa)). If not called for review in accordance with Rule 9760, the Hearing Officer shall issue its decision after being notified by the National Adjudicatory Council’s Review Subcommittee that the decision will not be called for review or upon
(a) Assignment of Hearing Officer
As soon as practicable after the Department of Enforcement has filed a complaint with the Office of Hearing Officers, the Chief Hearing Officer shall assign a Hearing Officer to preside over the disciplinary proceeding and shall serve the Parties with notice of the Hearing Officer's assignment pursuant to Rule 9132.
(b) Appointment of Panelists
(a) If a claim is amended before it has been answered, the respondent's original time to answer is extended by 20 days.
(b) If a claim is amended after it has been answered, but before a panel has been appointed, the respondent has 20 days from receipt of the amended claim to serve an amended answer.
(c) If a claim is amended after a panel has been appointed, the respondent has
The ninth annual Createathon, FINRA’s premiere innovation event, took place over the course of three days in late September. Over 530 staffers participated, including 32 competing teams spanning 11 departments as well as volunteers, DeepRacer competitors, and a dance troupe, to name a few.
The best tool FINRA provides when it comes to firms developing their annual compliance program is now available. On this episode, three Member Supervision senior leaders join us to dig into some of the new and noteworthy regulatory topics in the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program.
GUIDANCE
OATS Reporting Requirements
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Systems
Trading
Training
OATS
Rules 6950–6958
Rule 9610(a)
Executive Summary
In November 2005, NASD issued Notice to Members (NTM) 05-78 announcing Securities
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Summary
This Notice shares key operational changes in FINRA’s Membership Application Program (MAP) implemented to improve its effectiveness and efficiency (MAP Transformation), including establishing a centralized application intake function and aligning the program with the firm grouping model developed by FINRA’s Member Supervision Department during its recent transformation.
Applicants are
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior Management
Legal & Compliance
Registration
Training
Executive Summary
Every person registered with a member of the NASD® must notify the NASD of his or her current mailing address. This obligation exists while a registrant is associated with any NASD member firm, and continues for as long as the NASD retains jurisdiction to bring a
